On 18/03/15 10:45, HawkOwl wrote:
Hi,
As Python 2.6 has been officially abandoned for a year+ (and will
receive no further official security updates) and Python 2.7 has been
available for almost five years, it might be time to put Python 2.6
support to bed. The only currently supported distro that has Python
2.6 is RHEL6, and RHEL7 with Python 2.7 has now been out for a year.
This would be in line with other major projects (eg. Django, Plone)
and Python's porting guide
(https://docs.python.org/3/howto/pyporting.html#drop-support-for-python-2-6-and-older).
We can also remove some things from TestCase, and there's random
smatterings of 2.6 support workarounds/comments that we could also
remove.
As such, I think we should make 15.1 the final release which
officially supports Python 2.6.
Any objections?
Objectively it seems reasonable.
Subjectively, it'll substantially inconvenience me (and others who have
RH/CentOS 6 systems which will be in service for years more).
In the past, we've built and deployed a newer Python when this has
happened e.g. RHEL4/5. That was a huge pain in the arse, and we don't
intend to repeat it. Absent an EPEL package for python27, I suspect many
people will do what we intend to do - stop updating Twisted.
Expect to see queries from people on older versions they can't update
for some time ;o)
In all seriousness, I guess it depends on how useful this is. Being "in
line" with other projects doesn't seem like a useful goal - who cares
what Plone does? If it's useful for Twisted, then do it.
_______________________________________________
Twisted-Python mailing list
Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com
http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
