On Friday, February 18, 2011 08:14:10 am Ed Leafe wrote: > On Feb 18, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Paul McNett wrote: > >> Corrected syntax to work in Python 2.4 > > > > Speaking of this, are there overriding reasons to keep supporting 2.4.x? > > Maybe we should take a survey as to what people are using. For Xenserver > plugins, I have to code to 2.4, since they use a CentOS version that still > uses Python 2.4, and will for some time. > > I'd love to move to at least 2.6, but if there isn't any compelling > benefit, I prefer to support as many versions as possible. The addition of > decorators and Decimal made the jump from 2.3 to 2.4 huge; the addition of > a ternary if statement is relatively minor. > > > > -- Ed Leafe
2.4 is getting a little old at this point don't you think ( final release Nov 30, 2004 with a security update in 2006). That said upgrading to 2.6 has several security advantages along with the improved code. But most important is the fact using 2.6 syntax is a stepping stone to 3.x. At some point in the near future wxPython for 3.x will be available and users will start using it. And of course we might have to fix some of the 2.4 code to comply. But I feel for you because upgrading CentOS to 2.6 would not be easy. Johnf _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-dev This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
