Obsoleting python2.1, python2.2 in Hoary

Matt Zimmerman mdz at canonical.com
Wed Jan 5 12:55:51 CST 2005


On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 12:43:05PM +0100, Danilo Piazzalunga wrote:

> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > Is it only the jython package which needs to be updated, or does jython
> > upstream only support 2.1?  If it is that far behind, should we be spending
> > time on it at all?
> 
> Jython is still only supporting 2.1. AFAIK, The implementation of new-style
> classes is taking a lot of effort.
> 
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.jython.devel/1028

Is 2.1 continuing to receive security fixes, etc.  from Python upstream?
If not, I don't think that we can justify the support effort.

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 - mdz



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