> -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Hellmann [mailto:d...@doughellmann.com] > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 3:41 PM > To: openstack-dev > Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [all] Time to remove Python2.6 jobs from > master > > Excerpts from Robert Collins's message of 2015-07-14 09:05:43 +1200: > > On 14 July 2015 at 02:10, Jeremy Stanley <fu...@yuggoth.org> wrote: > > > On 2015-07-13 09:39:36 -0400 (-0400), Doug Hellmann wrote: > > > [...] > > >> On the other hand, how much longer will we be supporting Juno? A > > >> matter of months, right? > > > > > > The reason it's being brought up again at this point is to ask > > > whether it's more important that we keep master clients/libs working > > > with 2.6 for several more months, or be able to push forward with > > > our constraints overhaul between now and then. I'll be hard to have > > > the necessary tooling in place before the liberty release if we > > > can't actually use it before then (since that's roughly when juno > > > EOL is scheduled). > > > > Additional detail: > > - generating 2.6 pins for global requirements requires access to 2.6 > > where the periodic job runs *and where devs are generating updates*. > > - so that means docker or lxc or something in both the CI system and > > widely available for devs. > > > > So its a non-trivial impact; we can do it to move things forward, but > > it would be a lot cheaper not to. > > I don't *want* to keep 2.6 support around, and I do understand that the > requirements work will be made easier. I'm just trying to understand what > other impact dropping it will have. >
It will break RHEL 5 (maybe early 6 too) and older RH systems. Ubuntu older than 9 I think (which is beyond unsupported). Not sure about other Linux dists. Basically if RHEL 5 is no longer a valid target and we are sure all of the 6s have updated then let's nuke it from orbit. __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
