python2.4 for hoary

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 09:37:19PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:

> 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).

Is there any question as to whether we would want to move to 2.4 by default,
or only whether we should include it in main?

I'd prefer to release with only one version of python if possible.

-- 
 - mdz