On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Ivan Van Laningham <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All-- > The trouble with requiring a minimum of 2.7.x on all platforms is that it > would be problematic for people on CentOS, Redhat and related distros > earlier than say, CentOS 7. 7 has 2.7, but 6 has 2.6 (and not the latest > version, either). Anyone who wanted to use CentOS 6 would have to install > Python 2.7.x to use Scons. Might not want to do it, or would go with an > earlier version. > Background info: we would like backwards compatibility forever, but there is a very large push for SCons on Python 3, and I don't think that this is unreasonable since python 3 has been available since Dec 2008. > > Metta, > Ivan > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:10 PM, William Blevins <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Bill Deegan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> William, >>> >>> The logic I was looking at is in src/engine/SCons/Platform/win32.py >>> Where env['SPAWN'] & env['PSPAWN'] are defined. >>> >> >> Yeah. It looks like all the funky Windows api calls and spawnve >> redefinition should be removable with 2.7 requirement. >> >> >>> >>> I missed seeing the file you reference, but indeed if we're at 2.7, then >>> this file should no longer be necessary? >>> >>> -Bill >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:00 PM, William Blevins <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> If I understand correctly, the idea here is to move away from a custom >>>> Popen implementation in "src/engine/SCons/compat/_scons_subprocess.py" to >>>> using the Python subprocess implementation. >>>> >>>> Unless that file is no longer used and we are still generating a >>>> warning for no reason. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Jason Kenny <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am unclear on why this version. Part has only been using ctypes >>>>> since 2.6 for everything win32 >>>>> >>>>> Why would this version of python be the needed. I would think >>>>> everything should be easy to switch. >>>>> >>>>> Jason >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> From: Bill Deegan <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: 11/18/2015 12:20 PM >>>>> To: SCons users mailing list <[email protected]>; SCons developer >>>>> list <[email protected]> >>>>> Subject: [Scons-dev] Would requiring Python 2.7.4 or above be a >>>>> problem for future release? >>>>> >>>>> Greetings, >>>>> >>>>> To drop the requirement for pywin32, it may be necessary to require >>>>> python 2.7.4 or above. >>>>> >>>>> Will this cause anyone significant issues? >>>>> >>>>> _Bill >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Scons-dev mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Scons-dev mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Scons-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Scons-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev >> >> > > > -- > Ivan Van Laningham > God N Locomotive Works > http://www.pauahtun.org/ > > http://www.python.org/workshops/1998-11/proceedings/papers/laningham/laningham.html > Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70 > Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours > > _______________________________________________ > Scons-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev > >
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