2012/6/28 David Cournapeau <courn...@gmail.com> > Hi Travis, > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Travis Oliphant <tra...@continuum.io> > wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I'd like to propose dropping support for Python 2.4 in NumPy 1.8 (not > the 1.7 release). What does everyone think of that? > > I think it would depend on 1.7 state. I am unwilling to drop support > for 2.4 in 1.8 unless we make 1.7 a LTS, that would be supported up to > 2014 Q1 (when RHEL5 stops getting security fixes - RHEL 5 is the one > platform that warrants supporting 2.4 IMO) > > In my mind, it means 1.7 needs to be stable. Ondrej (and others) work > to make sure we break neither API or ABI since a few releases would > help achieving that. > > David >
As a user stuck with Python 2.4 for an undefined period of time, I would definitely appreciate a long-term support release that would retain Python 2.4 compatibility. -=- Olivier
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