From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 31 01:59:50 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC3031065672; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:59:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from miwi.freebsd@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f45.google.com (mail-pz0-f45.google.com [209.85.210.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96B708FC08; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:59:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk33 with SMTP id 33so713639pzk.18 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:59:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:message-id :content-transfer-encoding:cc:x-mailer:from:subject:date:to; bh=FGfyVQVKiYnMD+WbidrQGYbYljDUhc0t+TUFdhnIovQ=; b=lhrsFGSTtleBnATwgeO5eHMAZPMp/HRbuZctSzNpd1xJfyC3NrVlb9TdzS9Xx3bbyv 5BSUrYpIR8eTAa16d8lFklMWZXjKDorULGT2w/PlCL45DCDcAo9mpcKIXu3y7o5aR73O magGO9pJFBmfpQBozOF2qCJjsUzFYJu4lIQOk= Received: by 10.68.66.167 with SMTP id g7mr111301pbt.31.1314754265121; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:31:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.14.189.179] ([113.210.253.39]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u2sm26769964pbq.9.2011.08.30.18.31.00 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:31:03 -0700 (PDT) References: <4E5CE015.70803@FreeBSD.org> <4E5CE7BB.8050808@yandex.ru> <4E5CEC1E.5010209@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4E5CEC1E.5010209@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: <6F11B9EB-86E5-4A65-90BF-256E101CC24D@googlemail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A5302b) From: Martin Wilke Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:30:55 +0800 To: "glarkin@FreeBSD.org" Cc: FreeBSD Ports Mailing List , Ruslan Mahmatkhanov , "miwi@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Python min version bumped from 2.4+ to 2.5+ X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:59:50 -0000 In fact if use use_python=3Dyes default is 27 we cant set python24 for remo= val yet because we have fix first all zope stuff. Am back to the game after Holiday Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2011, at 21:56, Greg Larkin wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 >=20 > On 8/30/11 9:38 AM, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov wrote: >> Greg Larkin wrote on 30.08.2011 17:05: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>>=20 >>> Hi Martin, >>>=20 >>> I have a question about a commit you made in February 2011: >>> http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?message_id=3D201102250750.p1P7ofDg0= 16541@repoman.freebsd.org&files=3Dyes >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Part of the commit changed: >>>=20 >>> USE_PYTHON=3D 2.4+ >>>=20 >>> to >>>=20 >>> USE_PYTHON=3D 2.5+ >>>=20 >>> Was there a specific reason for doing so? I am running various >>> tinderbox builds to check on port usage of the USE_PYTHON variable, and >>> I noticed that devel/py-setuptools no longer builds if Python 2.4 is >>> selected. >>>=20 >>> I'd like to restore that capability, but before I send a PR, I wanted to= >>> check with you first. >>>=20 >>> Thank you, >>> Greg >>> - --=20 >>> Greg Larkin >>>=20 >>> http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve >>> http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. >>> http://twitter.com/cpucycle/ - Follow you, follow me >>=20 >> I'm sorry for sail in, but i think that the reason is that python24 is >> reached it's EOL long time ago. Actually the only supported python >> releases atm according to python.org are - 2.7.2 and 3.2.1, and >> developers highly encourages the users to move to this versions. >>=20 >> 2.5 and 2.6 are in security-fix-only mode, there will be no ANY releases >> for this branches after October 2011 and October 2013 respectively, >> while 2.4 does not get security-fixes even. >>=20 >> There is also this answer from Martin in this pr: >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dports/155526: >>=20 >> python24 goes to the end of month, this port is on the todo for removal >>=20 >=20 > Hi Ruslan, >=20 > Ok, thank you for the explanation. Shall I mark python24 for removal > from the tree or file a PR for python@ to do it? >=20 > FYI, I have been running tinderbox builds with PYTHON_VERSION and > PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION set to python2.4, python2.5, etc. to find out if > ports with USE_PYTHON=3Dyes need to be constrained a bit more. >=20 > I figured that python2.4 was supported since it was still in the tree > and wasn't marked for removal yet, but I admin that I didn't check > python.org for confirmation. >=20 > Regards, > Greg > - --=20 > Greg Larkin >=20 > http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve > http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. > http://twitter.com/cpucycle/ - Follow you, follow me > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ >=20 > iEYEARECAAYFAk5c7B4ACgkQ0sRouByUApAZOQCcC0YgAzDxDj78I9u35+H53fur > be8AmQFjWrGJ/xmjYpPp6ZkKB+ejDfq9 > =3DtK4y > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----