I joined the list after this discussion: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2010-March/015607.html and want to point out that even the most recent versions of Zope 2.x for example still recommend Python 2.4. http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.11.4/Zope-2-11-4-released In other words, there are probably alot of web apps out there (eg think about sites on Plone CMS) potentially running Python 2.4. I run a dedicated Python 2.4 just for Plone for example (the buildout of which is based on virtualenv and setuptools anyway I guess). Whether distutils2 would be used by these projects of course is another matter. Just pointing out Python 2.4 is absolutely not unimportant.
Op 17-03-10 11:16, Nicholas Bower schreef:
I joined the list after this discussion:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2010-March/015607.html
and want to point out that even the most recent versions of Zope 2.x for example still recommend Python 2.4.
http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.11.4/Zope-2-11-4-released
Except that at the top of http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope you will see that as of version 2.12 releases are made to the Python Package Index, at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Zope2 To quote one of the changelog entries there: "Officially supporting Python 2.6 only (with inofficial support for Python 2.5) but dropping any support and responsibility for Python 2.4." Note that the front of the www.zope.org now points to http://zope2.zope.org/ as a better source of information for Zope 2.
In other words, there are probably alot of web apps out there (eg think about sites on Plone CMS) potentially running Python 2.4. I run a dedicated Python 2.4 just for Plone for example (the buildout of which is based on virtualenv and setuptools anyway I guess).
Whether distutils2 would be used by these projects of course is another matter. Just pointing out Python 2.4 is absolutely not unimportant.
Agreed, I am in the Plone business and daily use Plone 3, which needs Zope 2.10, which needs Python 2.4. The upcoming Plone 4 (first beta available) will use Zope 2.12, so will use Python 2.6, which is a good thing. -- Maurits van Rees
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Nicholas Bower <nick@petangent.net> wrote:
I joined the list after this discussion: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2010-March/015607.html and want to point out that even the most recent versions of Zope 2.x for example still recommend Python 2.4. [..] Just pointing out Python 2.4 is absolutely not unimportant.
Agreed, we are targetting 2.4 in any case, its used by many people (see the rest of the thread) Regards Tarek -- Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org
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