python2.4 for hoary

[Matthias Klose]

Am Donnerstag, den 11.11.2004, 19:04 +1100 schrieb Jeff Waugh:
> On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 08:33 +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.
> 
> How likely do you think the release will be in December? Our upstream
> version freeze is late in the month, so it's pretty feasible if you
> think the deadline will be met.

The current alpha and beta release have been pretty much in time. So I
assume, it would be a safe choice to upload the release candidate to
hoary/universe.

> If we're not going to use it by default (and include all the bindings
> for it by default), I think it makes sense to ship it in universe. That
> means we won't have to support it unnecessarily for hoary, but it will
> be available for use and testing if developers want to try it out. Plus,
> a complete, supported transition to Python 2.4 would be a good feature
> goal for grumpy.

Agreed. The time schedule seems a bit tight for converting/testing all
other packages with 2.4.

	Matthias