Python 2.4

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Mar 18, 2012, at 23:57, Dan Ports wrote:

> We probably ought to take a good look at ports depending on python
> 2.4/2.5/2.6 and see if there's a good reason they're not using 2.7.

I agree. If someone's looking for a project to undertake, this would be one. Identify ports using python < 2.7. Identify why. If no good reason, add python 2.7 support, preferably with variants, preferably with 2.7 being the default. Once no ports remain using only python 2.4, we can remove python 2.4 from MacPorts entirely. Ditto later for 2.5.


> Beyond that, I'm not sure. I wouldn't be opposed to dropping support
> for python24/python25 (and some of the older perl versions?) just to
> simplify things, but could be convinced otherwise if there's good
> reason to keep them around.