cssselect: Dropping Python 2.4 and 3.1 support
Hi, I’d like to officially drop support for Python 2.4 and 3.1 in cssselect. * Neither Travis CI or Tox support these versions anymore, * Recent versions of pip and virtualenv do not support 2.4, * 3.1 does not even build anymore on my system. This makes testing on these versions quite difficult. Nothing will break overnight, but future cssselect releases may break support without me noticing. Older releases will remain available on PyPI. As lxml "Python 2.4 or later" and has an optional dependency on cssselect for lxml.cssselect, is there an objection to this plan? -- Simon Sapin
Simon Sapin, 15.10.2013 15:55:
I’d like to officially drop support for Python 2.4 and 3.1 in cssselect. [...] As lxml "Python 2.4 or later" and has an optional dependency on cssselect for lxml.cssselect, is there an objection to this plan?
No problem. Generally speaking, users of (really!) old systems will have to live with new versions of libraries stopping to become available at some point. That doesn't mean older versions stop working, just that new features and bug fixes no longer become available to them in a shrink-wrapped box. Basically, I'll keep supporting Python 2.4 in lxml as long as it doesn't hurt and as long as I can actually test it (like you said). Both currently still work for me, and I can't see that change any time soon. Stefan
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