On 8/31/05, Barry Warsaw barry@python.org wrote:
At the very least, we must drop Python 2.1 and 2.2.
+1
If we must continue to support Python 2.3, so be it, but I'd like to leapfrog even that version. There are several Python 2.4 constructs and modules that I'd dearly love to be able to take advantage of.
I'm fine with ditching support for Python 2.3. My primary concern is what's supported in FreeBSD ports, and it's been at Python 2.4 for 9 months now.
I'm sure there will be some complaints from people running "Enterprise" operating systems that are locked at older versions of Python. These could be alleviated if there was critical issue support for a MM2.1 maintenance branch for some period (not sure if anyone has time for this), or they could just be told they're out of luck.
Bryan