[DB-SIG] Towards a single parameter style

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 23:10:43 +0100


Matthew T. Kromer wrote:
> I don't recall if PythonLabs has tried to make some kind of end of 
> life/support announcement for older Python versions or not.  It is a 
> complete PAIN IN THE ASS for me to build platform * version different 
> binary builds whenever I want to make a release.  I currently build 
> Python 1.5.2, Python 2.1.3 and Python 2.2.2 binaries on Windows, Linux, 
> and Solaris all against Oracle 8i libraries.  If I also built against 
> Oracle 9 I'd go bezerk (not that anyone would notice).

Hmm, I know that feeling :-) (I've already considered changing the
download interface for egenix-mx-base just to make selecting
the correct version easier)

FWIW, PythonLabs doesn't support 1.5.2 anymore. As I see things, they
won't support Python 2.1.x as soon as Zope moves to 2.2.x or 2.3.x.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

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