Re: Support for Python2.1 and Python2.2
On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 15:24, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Andreas Rottmann writes:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I wonder how long source packages that build binary packages for
> > multiple versions (2.{1,2,3}) should continue to build packages for
> > the old Python versions. IMHO, this should be documented somewhere
> > (Policy?). Is there any timeline how long Python 2.2 and 2.1 should
> > stay in the archive?
>
> they stay as long as they are needed.
>
> - python2.1 is needed at least by zope and jython
Would it still be needed in sarge if zope2.6.1 & jython were built
against python2.2?
> - python2.2 is needed at least by zope (2.6.2) and jython2.2 (currently
> alpha) and probably more packages.
>
> - python1.5 should have gone a long time ago ... Debian won't be the
> python museum on the net. I'll propose it's removal after the next
> release.
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