RFC: Python maintenance policy

[Lawrence Velázquez]

On Sep 25, 2014, at 8:50 AM, Eric Gallager <egall at gwmail.gwu.edu> wrote:

> Maybe not new py24-foo or new py25-foo ports, but what about +python24
> or +python25 variants for ordinary ports that have python bindings?

I'm not sure what you're asking. I don't think people are introducing new variants either. In any case, they'll be removed soon.

> For example, this isn't the port itself, but from reading the upstream
> gdb mailing lists, it looks like gdb upstream actually extended their
> support for python backwards to python24 with their most recent
> release this summer (7.8), whereas before they had only supported back
> to python26...

That's an interesting move on their part, but MacPorts support doesn't have to be a superset of upstream support.

vq