Re: Requiring Python 2.6 (was: Re: svn commit: r35458 - in branches/python-3-compatibility: . build subversion/bindings/swig subversion/tests/cmdline subversion/tests/cmdline/svntest tools/hook-scripts)

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 1:04 PM, David James <james82_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
> <Arfrever.FTA_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> On the 'python-3-compatibility' branch:
>> Require Python >=2.6.
>> (Actually Python <2.6 wasn't supported earlier.)
>
> Hi Arfrever,
>
> Is it possible to support Python 3.0 without breaking compatibility
> with Python 2.4? I know that a lot of people are still using Python
> 2.4, and I expect that this will still be the case when Subversion 1.7
> comes out. (In particular, Python 2.4 compatibility is important for
> the bindings, but I expect that folks will also want to be able to run
> the test suite and build system.)
>
> Many users of Subversion use Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and upgrade to
> new versions of RHEL about once every four years (when their version
> of RHEL exits its "Production 1" phase). If users follow this
> schedule, they will still be using Python 2.4 until at least March 31,
> 2011 (see http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/).

I do not think RHEL 5 even has Python 2.4. We had to apply a patch to
Subversion when we built 1.6 so that we could still support the Python
included in RHEL 4/5.

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Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
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