> On Jun 8, 2015, at 2:42 AM, Amber Hawkie Brown <hawk...@atleastfornow.net> > wrote: > >> On 8 Jun 2015, at 17:27, exar...@twistedmatrix.com wrote: >> >> On 05:57 am, hawk...@atleastfornow.net wrote: >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> As mentioned in http://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/twisted- >>> python/2015-March/029258.html , Twisted is removing Python 2.6 support. As >>> such, I would like to announce that 15.3 will be the last release with 2.6 >>> support. After this release, the Python 2.6 buildbots will be removed from >>> the 'supported' list and most likely retired. >>> >>> This will remove all buildbot coverage of OS X and RHEL/CentOS. As I've >>> been taking point on the buildbots recently, I'm going to be deploying a >>> new CentOS 7 buildslave which will provide coverage of that platform. That >>> just leaves OS X uncovered -- so if you would like to donate buildslaves >>> for this, please send me an email. >> >> I think this is backwards. There was basically no strong argument made >> against dropping Python 2.6 support but there was no case made for dropping >> OS X support. I don't think you can remove the only OS X builder from the >> supported list. That's equivalent to saying OS X support is being dropped. >> >> So either the existing OS X slaves need to be upgraded first (I don't see >> why you wouldn't just do this) or Python 2.6 support (at least on OS X) >> needs to be retained until someone else volunteers a Python 2.7 OS X slave. > > Hi JP, > > I know that this would leave OS X uncovered -- lukasa, habnabit, and Adi have > at separate points offered OS X builders of varying OS levels and even Python > versions, both on the mailing list and in #twisted-dev (where Lukasa answered > the call from this email and offered a Yosemite builder today), which is why > I am confident that this will not end up being an issue when 15.3's first > prerelease is issued. > > I think the prevailing reason that we don't have an OS X 2.7 bot is that last > time OS X hardware was offered, the buildbot was not being actively > maintained. I've taken up the mantle in some capacity and getting Twisted > supported on more platforms is my primary goal. And as an OS X user, I have > some vested interest in it continuing being supported.
I think JP's point is that instead of saying "the OS X builder is going away, and if someone steps up there will be another one" we should say "we will make alternate plans for OS X before shutting off 2.6 support". I'm inclined to agree; if it's not going to be hard to do the upgrade anyway, we should make it a precondition. -glyph _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
