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On 12/02/2011 09:05 AM, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote: |
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> Hi there, |
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> I feel it's about time to leave 2.4 behind. We've seen an uptick in |
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> packages that don't support it anymore (making life harder for us if |
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> we're trying to test for it), and at least some of our devs don't have |
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> it installed anymore. In the wider ecosystem, as well, it seems like |
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> other parties are also ending support for 2.4. |
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I've seen this trend too. Stuff like with statements and conditional expressions is making 2.5 take 2.4's place as lowest req. |
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> Anyone opposed? |
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Unless there are packages that explicitly need 2.4 I'm all for removing it. There's no point in having an older version around since it only adds maintenance when bumping packages. |
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(Additionally, should there be a list of packages depending on 2.4 and nothing else - we should evaluate and act upon these). |
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Thanks, |
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Johan |
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