ok - changed the requirement to python2.3 or higher [but not python3].. Satish
On Thu, 3 Jun 2010, Barry Smith wrote: > > I'm fine with requiring 2.3 for petsc-dev's Buildsystem. Have > config/configure.py just reject anything less than 2.3 at start up. > > > Barry > > On Jun 3, 2010, at 6:26 PM, Lisandro Dalcin wrote: > > > On 3 June 2010 17:27, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > >> Well currently there is some code in petsc-dev which is not python2.2 > >> compatible. > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> No module named platform > >> ******************************************************************************* > >> > > > > You see, Python 2.2 is too damn old. Nobody I know with a nontrivial > > codebase ever bother to support it. Cython support Python 2.3 to 3.x. > > Older NumPy supported 2.3, IIRC current NumPy development targets 2.4. > > > > I'm a big fan of developing on the bleeding edge (I use Fedora!) and > > also supporting old stuff (like older Python, PETSc, MPI releases). > > But I consider Python 2.2 really, really old. If it were on my hands, > > I would drop support for 2.2, but still support 2.3. Anyway, my > > opinion on this does not count, as I never ever had to deal with > > BuildSystem. > > > > > > > > -- > > Lisandro Dalcin > > --------------- > > CIMEC (INTEC/CONICET-UNL) > > Predio CONICET-Santa Fe > > Colectora RN 168 Km 472, Paraje El Pozo > > Tel: +54-342-4511594 (ext 1011) > > Tel/Fax: +54-342-4511169 > >
