Python versions for new python ports?

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Tue Nov 12 21:59:44 PST 2013


On 2013-11-13 07:26 , Peter Danecek wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I just submitted a new python port. It is documented to support all version from 2.4 to 3.x (I did not test all). 
> 
> I would tend to still include 2.6 (maintenance was stopped only few day ago), but not 2.4 and 2.5. Anyway, I wonder if there is a clearly defined policy on which Python versions should be included for new ports. 

There is no official policy. Providing subports for only the currently
upstream supported versions is reasonable, but so is providing exactly
the version(s) you need. If someone else needs different ones they can
just ask and it's easy to add them.

- Josh


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