>>>>> "Gregor" == Gregor Hoffleit <flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de> writes:
[...]
Gregor> 1) Ignore Python 1.6 and up, as long as the license is not compatible
Gregor> with the GPL. That's probably the easiest way to go, but is it
Gregor> justified ? Looks like a deliberate discrimination against a
Gregor> DFSG-free license, only because it's not GPL compatible.
Gregor> 2) Include both Python 1.5.2 and 1.6 in woody/main. The 1.6 packages
Gregor> would not satisfy the dependencies of existing packages; any maintainer
Gregor> who'd make a package depend on Python 1.6 would have to make sure that
Gregor> its license is compatible with the Python 1.6 license.
Gregor> I think I'd prefer the second solution. What do others think ?
Sound judgement, I'd say... and from what I gathered on c.l.py, 1.6
isn't that important anyway (they mainly did it because they promised
CNRI they'd do 1.6 as a CNRI release).
So, let's wait for 2.0 (final, or at least a beta with an improved
license) and do that one.
Bye, J
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