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From: Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Deprecation of Python 2.4
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:42:06
Message-Id: 20090830105106.6cc56cc1@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Deprecation of Python 2.4 by "Petteri Räty"
1 On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:14:53 +0300
2 Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote:
5 > > Python 2.4 is deprecated. There are plans to mask for removal it when
6 > > remaining packages incompatible with Python 2.5 are fixed.
7 > > (We will announce masking of Python 2.4 at least 1 month before masking it.)
8 > >
9 > > Please don't add new packages to the tree which work only with Python 2.4.
10 > >
11 > > If you want to add a package which depends on a Python module, which had been
12 > > maintained separately in the past, but has been also included in Python 2.5,
13 > > then don't add this Python module to the tree only for use with Python 2.4,
14 > > but instead depend on Python >=2.5.
15 > >
16 >
17 > Where's the CC and Reply-To to gentoo-dev? Does removing python 2.4 have
18 > any effect on the upgrade path for old installations?
19
20 Any upgrade path was destroyed when all python versions (including 2.4) moved
21 to EAPI != 0.
22
23
24 --
25 fonts, toolchain, Character is what you are in the dark.
26 gcc-porting,
27 wxwidgets @ gentoo EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 0662

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