We are not breaking support for 2.7. We are considering setting a minimum requirement that isn't 2.7.0 since 2,7 was rather bugging on release (threading issues), and we desire backported 3x features.
V/R, William On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 6:01 PM, Tom Tanner (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON) < [email protected]> wrote: > Support for python 3 is good. breaking python 2.7 which is very not dead > yet is not so good > > From: [email protected] At: Nov 25 2015 21:07:01 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Scons-dev] Would requiring Python 2.7.4 or above be a > problem for future release? > > On Wed, 2015-11-25 at 11:36 +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote: > > My opinion that Python 3 is a trap. Before going this way and > > breaking > > stuff, just > > try to port anything to this language to see for yourself. Mercurial > > is still Python 2 > > and many other tools. > > > > Python 3 is the future not a trap. Mercurial made a design decision > that they are choosing not to change and are sticking with Python 2 to > avoid what is claimed to be vast amounts of work. Mercurial is a Python > outlier, not a mainstream application. > > -- > Russel. > > ============================================================================= > Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip: > [email protected] > 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] > London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder > > > ---------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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