Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:38:03 +0400 From: Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src@yandex.ru> To: glarkin@FreeBSD.org Cc: FreeBSD Ports Mailing List <ports@freebsd.org>, miwi@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Python min version bumped from 2.4+ to 2.5+ Message-ID: <4E5CE7BB.8050808@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <4E5CE015.70803@FreeBSD.org> References: <4E5CE015.70803@FreeBSD.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Greg Larkin wrote on 30.08.2011 17:05: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Martin, > > I have a question about a commit you made in February 2011: > http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?message_id=201102250750.p1P7ofDg016541@repoman.freebsd.org&files=yes > > Part of the commit changed: > > USE_PYTHON= 2.4+ > > to > > USE_PYTHON= 2.5+ > > 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. > > I'd like to restore that capability, but before I send a PR, I wanted to > check with you first. > > Thank you, > Greg > - -- > Greg Larkin > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve > http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. > http://twitter.com/cpucycle/ - Follow you, follow me 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. 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. There is also this answer from Martin in this pr: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/155526: python24 goes to the end of month, this port is on the todo for removal -- Regards, Ruslan Tinderboxing kills... the drives.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4E5CE7BB.8050808>