Jason Tishler announced last month[1] that he intends to upgrade Python to 2.7 on 01 February, which is quickly approaching.
If anybody needs them, my Python-dependent distro packages have been rebuilt and are available in a staging area here: ftp://ftp.cygwinports.org/pub/cygwinports/uploads/ In order to assure a prompt and smooth transition to Python 2.7, the following packages will need a rebuild/update: Jari Aalto: bzr, codeville, getmail, mercurial, offlineimap, planet, pylint, python-crypto, python-feedparser, python-logilab-astng, python-logilab-common, python-paramiko, spambayes, stgit, tailor, urlgrabber Marco Atzeri: postgresql Ken Brown: bzr-fastimport, python-fastimport Jan Nieuwenhuizen: lilypond Bo Peng: lyx David Rothenberger: rdiff-backup, subversion Chris Sutcliffe: googlecl, python-gdata Samuel Thibault: brltty, python-pyrex Dr. Volker Zell: lcms, ming TIA, Yaakov [1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2012-12/msg00024.html
