On Monday, August 13, 2012 10:34:55 AM UTC-4, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > The problem is what we mean by support. If somebody writes and app using > 2.7 syntax, it works but the app will not work on a different web2py > installation running 2.5. I agree we should clarify web2py runs on 2.6 and > 2.6 but we should also discourage from using methods and syntax not > supported in 2.5. >
I suppose it makes sense to encourage 2.5 for open source apps/plugins in order to maximize the places they will run, but for private apps, some users might care more about using newer 2.6/2.7 features than their ability to port to a 2.5 platform in the future. We should also clarify the difference between the binaries (which only support 2.5 because they come with a 2.5 interpreter) and source (which uses the system's interpreter). Anthony --
