On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 06:27:13PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 18:14 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > What about users who are depending on Python 2.3? Do they just lose?
> > Users who depend on obsolete software always lose when the bar moves. I > > don't find that a compelling reason to keep python2.3 around for another > > release cycle, when it's going to be dropped later anyway. > It seems to me that there if we think there is a reason to have more > than one version of python *at all*, then we owe our users the same > consideration we offer other developers. > That is, if the reason for having multiple versions is to accommodate > programs that work with one but not the other and to assist in > transitioning, surely we owe the same help to users who may have their > own programs? Users get a minimum one year of security support after the release of a new stable version of Debian during which to transition any local software to current versions of the packages we ship. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
