Dave,
   Perhaps I was confused by the proposed changes for the fink 10.5 release...

http://wiki.finkproject.org/index.php/Fink:Packaging:Preparing_for_10.5

My reading of that was that py23 variants should be depreciated.
        Jack

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 09:33:39AM -0600, David R. Morrison wrote:
> Jack,
> 
> Actually, leaving the old variants of python in place is perfectly OK.  There 
> may be people still using old versions of python (on 10.4 or 10.5) and 
> leaving these variants for them is fine.  Of course, if a maintainer stops 
> being able to test new versions of the package with old versions of python, 
> the she or he should probably stop supporting the old versions.  Even in that 
> case, though, it is a courtesy to add something like foo-py24.info to fink 
> providing the old version of the package (in an obsolete variant) 
> indefinitely into the future.
> 
>   -- Dave
> 
> 

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