Supported python versions (was: Re: [72383] trunk/dports/devel/gtk-osx-application/Portfile)

[Rainer Müller]

On 2010-10-13 22:06 , Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
>>> Are we ready to make the jump from python26 to python27 for all of macports?
>>
> 
>> I suppose not, but it looked good (pygtk, and many others where already there).
>> Maybe it's too early to make it default, would you advise to revert it ?
> 
> I think we prefer to have a uniform movement unless upstream indicates their package should primarily use a newer version. Any input, Ryan/JMR/Rainer?

We don't have a documented blessed version of python to be used as
default. I think it just happened that maintainers settled on python26
without discussion.

What makes python27 better than python26? Can we expect full compatibility?

Rainer