python2.4 for hoary

Matthias Klose m at klose.in-berlin.de
Thu Nov 11 14:37:19 CST 2004


Am Donnerstag, den 11.11.2004, 08:57 -0800 schrieb Matt Zimmerman:
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 08:33:32AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
> 
> > python2.4 currently is available in the beta2 version. The release
> > candidate is scheduled for November, the final release for December. I
> > hope we can still sync the package / add the package at this time. If we
> > want to include 2.4 in main, then maybe we could add it to main at a
> > earlier point. I'm not (yet) talking of making the new version the
> > default for hoary, just adding it either to main or universe.
> 
> I assume 2.4 means that it is binary-incompatible with 2.3?

yes, the byte code magic string did change as well as the ABI's for some
objects (i.e. datetime).

	Matthias





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