Re: python 1.5.2 und OBSD 2.8

[Laurence Tratt <tratt@dcs.kcl.ac.uk>]

Jason Ish wrote:

> I've recently become concerned with this..  I'm beginning to think that
> there should be a port for 1.5.2, 1.6 and 2.0 as I've heard from people
> who are locked into 1.5.2 or 1.6 at this time with no intention of
> moving to 2.0 anytime soon due to incompatibilities.  Opinions?
> Maintaining 3 versions of python might suck but I'm not sure what to do
> but to abandon some users.

Personally I think it's unlikely anyone (OK, I bet there's someone. But very
few) who need 1.6 only - 1.6 breaks nearly everything that breaks under 2.0 -
the change between 1.6 and 2.0 is far smaller than between 1.5.2 and 1.6. I
think there is a good reason for having 1.5.2 and 2.0 in the tree, but little
for having 1.6.


Laurie