Re: [Numpy-discussion] Support for python 2.4 dropped. Should we drop 2.5 also?

2012-12-16 Thread Charles R Harris
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Charles R Harris charlesr.har...@gmail.com wrote: The previous proposal to drop python 2.4 support garnered no opposition. How about dropping support for python 2.5 also? The proposal to drop support for python 2.5 and 2.4 in numpy 1.8 has carried. It is now

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Support for python 2.4 dropped. Should we drop 2.5 also?

2012-12-14 Thread Christopher Hanley
We (STScI) are ending support for Python 2.5 in our stsci_python project and told our users as much last July. I have no objections to ending support for Python 2.5. Chris On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Charles R Harris charlesr.har...@gmail.com wrote: The previous proposal to drop

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Support for python 2.4 dropped. Should we drop 2.5 also?

2012-12-13 Thread Olivier Delalleau
I'd say it's a good idea, although I hope 1.7.x will still be maintained for a while for those who are still stuck with Python 2.4-5 (sometimes you don't have a choice). -=- Olivier 2012/12/13 Charles R Harris charlesr.har...@gmail.com The previous proposal to drop python 2.4 support garnered

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Support for python 2.4 dropped. Should we drop 2.5 also?

2012-12-13 Thread Benjamin Root
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Charles R Harris charlesr.har...@gmail.com wrote: The previous proposal to drop python 2.4 support garnered no opposition. How about dropping support for python 2.5 also? Chuck matplotlib 1.2 supports py2.5. I haven't seen any plan to move off of that for

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Support for python 2.4 dropped. Should we drop 2.5 also?

2012-12-13 Thread Benjamin Root
My apologies... we support 2.6 and above. +1 on dropping 2.5 support. Ben On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Benjamin Root ben.r...@ou.edu wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Charles R Harris charlesr.har...@gmail.com wrote: The previous proposal to drop python 2.4 support garnered no

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Support for python 2.4 dropped. Should we drop 2.5 also?

2012-12-13 Thread David Cournapeau
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Benjamin Root ben.r...@ou.edu wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Charles R Harris charlesr.har...@gmail.com wrote: The previous proposal to drop python 2.4 support garnered no opposition. How about dropping support for python 2.5 also? Chuck

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Support for python 2.4 dropped. Should we drop 2.5 also?

2012-12-13 Thread Chris Barker - NOAA Federal
How about dropping support for python 2.5 also? Im still dumfounded that people are working on projects where they are free to use the latest an greatest numpy, but *have* to use a more-than-four-year-old-python: Python 2.6 (final) was released on October 1st, 2008. so +1 on moving forward!

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Support for python 2.4 dropped. Should we drop 2.5 also?

2012-12-13 Thread David Cournapeau
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Chris Barker - NOAA Federal chris.bar...@noaa.gov wrote: How about dropping support for python 2.5 also? Im still dumfounded that people are working on projects where they are free to use the latest an greatest numpy, but *have* to use a

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Support for python 2.4 dropped. Should we drop 2.5 also?

2012-12-13 Thread Bradley M. Froehle
Yes, but the point was that since you can live with an older version on Python you can probably live with an older version of NumPy. On Thursday, December 13, 2012, David Cournapeau wrote: Im still dumfounded that people are working on projects where they are free to use the latest an

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Support for python 2.4 dropped. Should we drop 2.5 also?

2012-12-13 Thread Chris Barker - NOAA Federal
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Bradley M. Froehle brad.froe...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, but the point was that since you can live with an older version on Python you can probably live with an older version of NumPy. exactly -- also: How likely are you to nee the latest and greatest numpy but

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Support for python 2.4 dropped. Should we drop 2.5 also?

2012-12-13 Thread Olivier Delalleau
2012/12/13 Chris Barker - NOAA Federal chris.bar...@noaa.gov On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Bradley M. Froehle brad.froe...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, but the point was that since you can live with an older version on Python you can probably live with an older version of NumPy. exactly --