"Lite" vs. "Full" Python Ports

[Rainer Müller]

Bryan Blackburn wrote:
> It would be nice to move 2.4 and 2.5 (or at least 2.5) to the same model as
> 2.6+, but that is quite a bit of work; not to update the python25 port but
> to remove all the dependencies which have built up using those modules that
> would no longer be needed.

The dependencies are not the only problem. An upgrade would always
upgrade python25 before py25-* as this is the dependency chain, so there
is no easy transition.

> I've started bringing modules into py26-* from the py- and py25- side, so
> maybe we can start moving everything possible over to 2.6 and not worry too
> much about the older versions.

Getting rid of python24 would be the first start. Too many ports still
depend on it and so it is very likely to end up having three versions of
python being installed at the same time.

Rainer