[Python-Dev] Fwd: Anyone still using Python 2.5?

[Mark Hammond]

FWIW, the most recent version of pywin32 has the following download 
counts (rounded to the nearest thousand)

Version 32bit       64bit
-------------------------
3.2 -  75,000       9,000
3.1 -   4,000       1,000
2.7 - 126,000      16,000
2.6 -  46,000       6,000
2.5 -  21,000         n/a
2.4 -   3,000         n/a
2.3 -   1,000         n/a

So ISTM that 2.5 isn't hugely popular these days, but also isn't 
insignificant.  It probably means I could "safely" drop 2.3 and 2.4 
support though...

Mark

On 21/12/2011 6:16 PM, Chris Withers wrote:
> What's the python-dev view on this?
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Anyone still using Python 2.5?
> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:15:46 +0000
> From: Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk>
> To: Python List <python-list at python.org>,
> "testing-in-python at lists.idyll.org" <testing-in-python at lists.idyll.org>,
> simplistix at googlegroups.com
>
> Hi All,
>
> What's the general consensus on supporting Python 2.5 nowadays?
>
> Do people still have to use this in commercial environments or is
> everyone on 2.6+ nowadays?
>
> I'm finally getting some continuous integration set up for my packages
> and it's highlighting some 2.5 compatibility issues. I'm wondering
> whether to fix those (lots of ugly "from __future__ import
> with_statement" everywhere) or just to drop Python 2.5 support.
>
> What do people feel?
>
> cheers,
>
> Chris
>