[Python-Dev] Compiler for the Mac OS X version of Python 3.4

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:54:32 +0200,
"Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> a écrit :
> Am 18.09.13 08:43, schrieb Gregory P. Smith:
> > Just drop support for 10.6 with Python 3.4. Problem solved. People
> > on that old of a version of the OS can build their own Python 3.4
> > or do the right thing and upgrade or just install Linux.
> > 
> > This isn't Windows. Compiler tool chains are freely available for
> > the legacy platform. We don't need to maintain such a long legacy
> > support tail there ourselves.
> 
> I don't mind such a decision in principle, but also in principle, I'd
> prefer if there was a pre-set policy to decide this question,
> documented in PEP 11.
> 
> Here a piece of OSX release history:
> - 10.5:       October 2007
>   * 10.5.8:   August 2009
> - 10.6:       August 2009
>   * 10.6.8:   July 2011
> - 10.7:       July 2011
>   * 10.7.5:   July 2012
> - 10.8:       July 2012

This means that any Mac shipped pre-July 2011 has 10.6 or lower?
I know Mac users are fashion victims, but 2011 doesn't sound that old
to me ;-)
(it's even younger than Barry!)

Regards

Antoine.