On 06/21/2014 02:48 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
On 06/21/2014 02:37 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
My answers to these are: 1. We should use dynamic linking
instead and not let OpenSSL bugs trigger Python releases; 2.
It's not a big problem; 3. Yes, please, since it is difficult
for people to develop and debug their extensions with a
2008 compiler, when the rest of the world has long moved on.
+1 (assuming not incredibly difficult and those that can are willing ;)
Revising this to:
+1, -0, -1
It seems to me the intention of supporting 2.7 for so long was not to give ourselves additional nightmares, but to
provide a basic level of support for those who are needing longer time before migrating. One of the reasons to migrate
is to avoid future pain (pain is an excellent motivator -- it's why we don't go to the doctor when we're healthy, right?
;) If getting new or updated modules becomes more painful then that's motivation to upgrade -- not motivation for us to
make both our lives (with the extra work) and everyone's else lives (why isn't this module working? oh, wrong compiler)
more difficult.
--
~Ethan~
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