I don't have any pull here but I would agree. Python has matured a
lot since 2.0 and supporting older versions means a lot more code.
subprocess is a great example. We may even be able to make the test
suite smarter and more efficient because of it.
Take care,
Jeremy
On 10/17/07, David Glasser <glasser@davidglasser.net> wrote:
> We currently require Python only for the build-from-checkout and test
> system, not for building from tarballs. We require 2.2 for Windows
> and 2.0 for Unix.
>
> Here is a timeline:
> 21-Dec-2001: Python 2.2 released.
> 23-Feb-2004: Subversion 1.0.0 released.
> 30-Nov-2004: Python 2.4 released.
> 17-Oct-2007: I am writing these words.
>
> I think we should bump the Python requirement to at least 2.2, if not
> 2.4. This will let us use modern features like subprocess (which
> comes with 2.4 and works with 2.2) in the test suite. There's a nice
> table in http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0291/ which shows what
> language features we would be able to use.
>
> --dave
>
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