[IPython-dev] Dropping 2.4 support

[David Warde-Farley]

  21-Aug-09, at 11:51 AM, Gael Varoquaux wrote:

>
> Not the current RHEL, apparently:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-python-devel-list/2009-August/msg00001.html

Just my 2c, which should be worth an awful lot less than 2c given that  
I've contributed approximately 5 lines to IPython: given how common it  
is as a cluster computing environment, and how one of the most  
compelling use cases of IPython is cluster parallelism, RHEL should  
count for a lot IMHO.

I personally usually build my own Python and libraries and get them  
installed in /opt, but for less savvy users... Maybe freezing an 0.10  
branch in bugfix only mode and clearly indicating RHEL/py2.4 users  
should use 0.10.x?

Cheers,

David