> > That also doesn't cover other operating systems... I think > Solaris 10 shipped with python 2.6 and it's still very much supported by > Oracle. It also happens to be what the ASF Solaris boxes are running... I > think AIX is in a similar situation. > > > My take on it: > > > > * This tool is aimed at release managers, and no one runs RHEL6 on their > > personal dev machine. > > *looks at VM running CentOS 6 where he tested the release of Yetus > as the RM and other bits before* > > I'm pretty sure you have access to a machine with Python 2.7 though, or the means to install it. That's what I meant by "no one runs RHEL6 on their personal dev machine".
Same applies to the alternative OSes. > > * Even for build machines, Docker is not supported on RHEL6 ( > > https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1378023). FWIW, Docker is a > requirement > > for building a Hadoop release and used by Hadoop precommit. > > That doesn't really matter much. ASF and Hadoop != rest of > universe. We're trying to build something usable by lots of folks here... > > This was just a comment on RHEL6 being old and not developer friendly. > * If you really do need to use RHEL6, you can use conda ( > > http://conda.pydata.org/miniconda.html) to install Python 2.7 quite > easily. > > I've used it, and it's great. > > > > Thoughts? > > The only thing I'm convinced of is that python is still horribly > designed. :) We should rewrite it all in perl5. :) > Could you clarify your position on bumping to 2.7, particular if conda suffices? Thanks, Andrew
