Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:56:46 -0400 From: Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> To: Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src@yandex.ru> 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: <4E5CEC1E.5010209@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4E5CE7BB.8050808@yandex.ru> References: <4E5CE015.70803@FreeBSD.org> <4E5CE7BB.8050808@yandex.ru>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 >> >> 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 > Hi Ruslan, Ok, thank you for the explanation. Shall I mark python24 for removal from the tree or file a PR for python@ to do it? 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=yes need to be constrained a bit more. 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. Regards, 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk5c7B4ACgkQ0sRouByUApAZOQCcC0YgAzDxDj78I9u35+H53fur be8AmQFjWrGJ/xmjYpPp6ZkKB+ejDfq9 =tK4y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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