Il giorno 30/ago/2012, alle ore 23:32, Martin Zibricky <[email protected]> ha scritto:
> Giovanni Bajo píše v Čt 30. 08. 2012 v 23:13 +0200: >> Hi Matysek, >> >> why are you dropping Python 2.3 support? it's not in the way that >> much, and it seems totally gratuitous to me. Why should we remove >> working functionalities just for the sake of it? > > The main reason is Python 3 support. But before that I do a lot of > cleanup. I don't think the way to go is to drop support with older versions. All tutorials say that one should first migrate to Python 2.7 and then start porting over Python 3, but that means that assumes it's fine to drop older Python versions. PyInstaller is in a weird situation because the Python version it supports must be the same of the Python version it builds for. If eg. one would required Python 2.7 to run PyInstaller but *still* be able to produce packages for older Python versions, I wouldn't mind as much; it would be just inconvenient to install 2 Python versions, but at least one could obtain what it wants. Instead, adding Python 3 support and dropping older Python 2 support is a problem. I think we should discuss a better way to move to Python 3 that doesn't imply dropping Python 2 compatibility, especially since we're dropping things that are a non-cost to maintain, so we're removing features without a benefit. -- Giovanni Bajo :: [email protected] Develer S.r.l. :: http://www.develer.com My Blog: http://giovanni.bajo.it
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