Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:30:55 +0800 From: Martin Wilke <miwi.freebsd@googlemail.com> To: "glarkin@FreeBSD.org" <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports Mailing List <ports@freebsd.org>, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src@yandex.ru>, "miwi@FreeBSD.org" <miwi@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Python min version bumped from 2.4+ to 2.5+ Message-ID: <6F11B9EB-86E5-4A65-90BF-256E101CC24D@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E5CEC1E.5010209@FreeBSD.org> References: <4E5CE015.70803@FreeBSD.org> <4E5CE7BB.8050808@yandex.ru> <4E5CEC1E.5010209@FreeBSD.org>
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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 <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> 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-----
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