Me as well- thanks for bringing this up!
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Bill Farner <wfar...@apache.org> wrote: > Bhuvan's link [2] was the clincher for me. +1 to dropping support, as the > python developers have. > > -=Bill > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Bhuvan Arumugam <bhu...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Only reason I could think of supporting py26 is to support rhel6.x > > customers. Now that rhel7 is out [1], it make sense to discontinue > > support for py26. We should document it in supported platforms though. > > We should add a pointer for rhel6.x customers to upgrade python. > > > > It also make sense as py26 is already eol [2]. > > > > That said, +1 to discontinue support for py26. > > > > [1] > > > http://www.redhat.com/about/news/press-archive/2014/6/red-hat-unveils-rhel-7 > > [2] > > https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-September/128287.html > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Mark Chu-Carroll > > <mchucarr...@apache.org> wrote: > > > A couple of months ago, we had a discussion about which python versions > > to > > > support. (See > > > > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-aurora-dev/201404.mbox/%3CCAFGkSCk71%2BziUQCsnMfStr-ucrT52DLEgBfHA-o097683PstLQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E > > > to refresh your memory.) > > > > > > At the time, we punted on it, because we had a convenient workaround. > But > > > python version issues have continued to pop up from time to time. In > > > particular, we've had issues like the current > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AURORA-585. > > > > > > The question that I'd like to put forward is: how much effort is it > work > > to > > > continue to support Python 2.6? The Python maintainers are no longer > > > maintaining 2.6 - the download page for the last release of 2.6 says: > > > "With the 2.6.9 release, and five years after its first release, the > > > Python 2.6 series is now officially retired. All official maintenance > for > > > Python 2.6, including security patches, has ended. For ongoing > > maintenance > > > releases, please see the Python 2.7 series. The NEWS file lists every > > > change in each alpha, beta, release candidate, and final release of > > Python > > > 2.6." > > > > > > We certainly *can* continue to support Python2.6, but it's likely to > be a > > > non-trivial effort. Is it worth it? > > > > > > (Full disclosure, in case it's not obvious: I think as a provider of a > > > distributed computing platform, continuing to support a python > > interpreter > > > that won't even get security fixes is not a good idea. I'm in favor of > > > dropping 2.6.) > > > > > > -Mark > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Bhuvan Arumugam > > www.livecipher.com > > >
