* Yannick Brosseau ([email protected]) wrote: > On 2013-03-13 10:06, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > > Hi Yannick, > > > > Please list all the distro and distro versions you care about that still > > ship with python 2.7 by default today, along with the time-frame for > > which they are going to still be supported by the vendors, and whether > > those distributions allow users to install python 3.0 side-by-side with > > 2.7 or not. > Just to name 2: Centos/RHEL 6.x and Debian. > > CentOS/RHEL does not have a Python 3 package > > Debian is default to 2.7, can install python3, but will potentially > breaks apps that rely on python 2 if I set python 3 to default.
For our python scripts to work, do we need python 3 to be default ? About RHEL6, interesting links: http://www.muktware.com/5203/google-says-red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-obsolete Something to think about ;) Jérémie: how much extra effort would be required to support python 2.7+ (only) as well as python 3 ? Thanks, Mathieu > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mathieu > > > > * Jérémie Galarneau ([email protected]) wrote: > >> Although I agree it can prove to be an inconvenience for some users, > >> most distributions provide a Python 3 package at this point. > >> > >> The reasoning is that since these bindings are still in development > >> and won't be integrated into the master branch for some time, the > >> effort needed to develop and test them while targeting two versions of > >> Python is hard to justify. > >> > >> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:55 PM, Yannick Brosseau > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> On 2013-02-01 08:54, Jérémie Galarneau wrote: > >>>> As for as I know, the bindings do work with Python 2.7. > >>>> However, we have decided to no longer explicitly support older > >>>> versions of Python in order to make the bindings, along with future > >>>> developments, easily maintainable. > >>>> > >>> My main concern is that 2.7 is still the default version for many linux > >>> distribution, so it might be early to drop 2.7 support. > >>> > >>> Yannick > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> lttng-dev mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.lttng.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lttng-dev > >> _______________________________________________ > >> lttng-dev mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.lttng.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lttng-dev > -- Mathieu Desnoyers EfficiOS Inc. http://www.efficios.com _______________________________________________ lttng-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lttng.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lttng-dev
