Thanks Steve, Nilay, on the account of quite a few users and developers, I can assure you that Python 2.6 support is still very much needed.
Thanks, Andreas On 24/11/2014 01:51, "Steve Reinhardt via gem5-dev" <[email protected]> wrote: >On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Nilay Vaish via gem5-dev ><[email protected] >> wrote: > >> >> I want to keep the changeset for a little while and see if users >>complain >> about it. The versions of Linux you mention are going to be around for >>a >> significant amount of time, so I do not want to base my decision on >>their >> lifetime. If any organization is internally using those Linux and it is >> hard for the users to move to python 2.7, then we should revert the >> changeset immediately. Otherwise, I prefer waiting for the first user >> complaint. >> > > >Hi Nilay, > >I disagree. If we're going to advance the required version of python, I'd >like to do it as the result of a thorough discussion, not as the side >effect of an unintentional commit. If we want to get input from users, we >could ask on the gem5-users list, and give them a chance to speak up >before >we slip in a stealth compatibility test. > >I'm curious what other features of 2.7 people are interested in taking >advantage of that aren't in 2.6. The importlib thing is nice, but as I >said before, not totally compelling. > >Steve >_______________________________________________ >gem5-dev mailing list >[email protected] >http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev > -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. ARM Limited, Registered office 110 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge CB1 9NJ, Registered in England & Wales, Company No: 2557590 ARM Holdings plc, Registered office 110 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge CB1 9NJ, Registered in England & Wales, Company No: 2548782 _______________________________________________ gem5-dev mailing list [email protected] http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev
