-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This came up in a different context. I originally emailed this to the python.org admins, but Aahz rightly points out that we should first agree here that this actually /is/ our official stance.
- -----snip----- We have an "official unofficial" policy of supporting only Python 2.current and 2.(current - 1), and /not/ supporting anything earlier. Do we already have an official statement to this effect on the website? The closest thing I could find was on the download page, but that's not really definitive. What do you think about adding something like the following to the top of the download page: "The Python Software Foundation officially supports the current stable major release and one prior major release. Currently, Python 2.5 and 2.4 are officially supported. Where appropriate and necessary, patches for earlier releases may be made available, but no earlier versions are officially supported by the PSF. We do not make releases of unsupported versions, although patched versions may become available through other vendors." - -Barry P.S. On re-reading this, I realize this text would need amending when Python 3.x is released, but I don't care about that right now. pdo admins: I also slightly changed the proposed text. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRkM1/XEjvBPtnXfVAQJufwP9E4A7cbHyDRk0v/hONjlt3ZJ2eCtwYZL6 hlitMIBb8YxJsGNo6p1kC0KkB/DObqmCarTy8YXIM+v8j32UmEbiRmJFxexuKdVw I0EqziHnYdSkkp3cN+EGP2jahfLFVMaA2A2Ohj0o0mLGZEQU7TTF4F6U33PlooXs G6zKmDzuLT4= =BWxm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
