Are there any shared hosts with Python 2.4 support where it is NOT possible to upgrade to Python 2.5 or later? If not, then I support Jonathan Lundell's suggestion of providing a simple recipe to move to a later Python.
On second thought, how universal would such a 'recipe' be? Will it vary greatly among shared hosting providers? On Feb 8, 10:39 am, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Feb 8, 2011, at 2:17 AM, LightDot wrote: > > > It has to happen sooner or later, I guess. The main problem I see are RHEL > > / CentOS 5 users with stock python. > > > Debian Etch also has python 2.4 but I guess that's not a problem any more. > > Ubuntu 8.04 LTS users are in the clear (python 2.5). > > > What I would do is make any crucial bug fixes needed for the current code > > (no new features), release it and than bump version to 2.x, announcing the > > python 2.4 incompatibility. Something like that. Then I would keep a > > separate python 2.4 compatible download link hidden somewhere. > > > In this way, any potential users of python 2.4 would have a reasonably > > stable web2py they can live with for the long term. > > Alternatively, a simple recipe for moving to a later Python. > > > > > > > > > > > Hm. Who knows... perhaps there aren't any such users..?
