Paul McNett wrote:
> Uwe Grauer wrote:
>> Ed Leafe wrote:
>>>     Just an informal survey: how many people out there are using Python
>>> versions *earlier* than 2.5? And out of those, how many would not be
>>> able to upgrade, or would not want to upgrade? Please explain why
>>> upgrading would not be possible/desirable.
>>>
>>>     If you are using Python 2.5, or are planning on upgrading real soon
>>> now, please don't respond. I'm just trying to get an idea of the
>>> issues that are preventing or discouraging people from moving from
>>> older versions.
>>>
>> At least python 2.4 should be supported.
>> I know that there are still very much people on 2.3 but i think this
>> should be a minor incompatibility.
> 
> We are trying to find out if requiring python 2.5 would be an
> insurmountable hardship or not. Usually, we'd like to support python 1-2
> versions prior to the current version, but we are considering putting
> something into place that would require python 2.5 (absolute import).
> 
> So, not thinking of other people, will *you* be troubled if we make python
> 2.5 a requirement?
> 

I wouldn't be troubled, because i'm able to build my own python for
other uses. I fact, i do have two different python versions for
things which still do not work with python 2.5.
Other people who can't do this would be troubled because there still
is a lot of stuff depending on python 2.4.

Uwe



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