Hi, I am new to this list (but I have skimmed last few months of the archive), so excuse me if I have missed some discussion.
I am one of the core devs of MoinMoin Wiki and we currently require python 2.6 for MoinMoin 2.0 (alpha). There are some reasons why we would maybe like to require 2.7: * OrderedDict * faster io lib * some other features, less bugs, better maintenance * in general: better base for future Python 3 work Problem: moin should be easily installable, even for unexperienced linux users / admins. Not having the right python version in/for stable release is no good for this, so debian (and maybe also some other linux dists for which i care less) currently keeps us back at 2.6. So I had a look at squeeze-backports, but not even there one can get 2.7. Notes: * i am not talking about the default "python", but just a "python2.7" binary, so it would not mean any interference with code not explicitly using it. * not having python2.7 available out there delays python3 migration for everybody * afaik wheezy release as stable is expected in 2013, too long to wait for that So, is anybody working on putting python2.7 into squeeze-backports or do I need to work on that myself? (I don't have much experience with debian packaging / policy, so I could use my time more productively on developping moin - but if nobody else cares, I'ld try to make a package) If there was also virtualenv/pip there, i guess that would be enough for us (and many other projects) for now. Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1317477329.6831.20.camel@x300
