[Numpy-discussion] Plans for Numpy 1.4.0 and scipy 0.8.0

[John Reid]

David Cournapeau wrote:
> (Continuing the discussion initiated in the neighborhood iterator thread)
>     - Chuck suggested to drop python < 2.6 support from now on. I am
> against it without a very strong and detailed rationale, because many OS
> still don't have python 2.6 (RHEL, Ubuntu LTS).

I vote against dropping support for python 2.5. Personally I have no 
incentive to upgrade to 2.6 and am very happy with 2.5.