The second question is probably better asked on boinc_projects. Forwarding to there.
Do any projects still use Python 2.5 or earlier with BOINC? Michael Tughan On 2010-06-21, at 11:09 PM, Jeremy Cowles wrote: > I may be willing to take this on, but I have two questions: > > Do you think it's the right time to support Python 3, that is, does anyone > else care or want support for it? > > and > > Will breaking compatibility with Python 2.5 cause problems for any BOINC > projects? > > -- > Jeremy > > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 3:54 PM, David Anderson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> OK. I'm unlikely to do any of this, but anyone else is welcome to. >> >> The python tools (start, make_project, upgrade, update_versions, xadd) >> haven't changed much in a couple of years, >> and there are no changes pending right now. >> >> -- David >> >> >> On 20-Jun-2010 8:50 PM, Jeremy Cowles wrote: >> >>> For the most part, there are simple changes that can be preformed by an >>> upgrade utility called 2to3, but beyond this there are some subtle >>> issues caused by the new string handling mechanisms that must be fixed >>> manually. Strings and string encoding were the cause most of our >>> problems with PyMW. >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
