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[Robert Collins]

On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 14:16 +1000, Lachlan Patrick wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm wondering why Python >= 2.4 and not (for example) >= 2.3 (my ISP
> only has 2.3 installed so running bzr may be a challenge).

Hi. You dont need bzr installed on your ISP's machine to be able to use
it, so hopefully that wont be a problem for you.

>  What,
> specifically, is the 2.4 feature(s)/library(s) needed? I think it may
> have something to do with Paramiko or some other external dependency
> but
> I'm not sure. And for how long do you aim to support 2.4? (The longer
> the better IMHO - fewer upgrades.) Also, my Cygwin installation only
> has
> Python 2.3 also, so what would I need to get bzr working from a Cygwin
> command line? (I think I can't just install Python 2.4 for Windows - I
> think Cygwin needs its own version somehow.)

We do use generators and decorators, mainly decorators these days...
also the built in set type, and subprocess [which is binary on windows
and requires a separate external dependency on 2.3]. Doing it in 2.3
would be quite a lot nastier to be honest. bzr ships with cygwin though,
you should be able to just run setup.exe :). (We've a number of cygwin
users already).

> Also, is there any plan to rename bzr to baz (or something not
> starting
> with bz) now that the project name has changed? bzip2, bzless and
> friends could frustrate tab auto-completion for me.
> 
> Any pointers or info would be appreciated, ta.

No plan that I know of. I did suggest about a year ago that baz was the
right name, but got lots of resistance :). In fact, we already have
branding problems, confusion with the version 1 implementation which was
radically different, and was called baz.

-Rob
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