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Re: Python version



> I think, as proposed, Debian needs to get rid of Python 2.0.x as soon as
> possible.  I fully support the existing the proposal to maintain
> python1.5 and python 2.[1-9].* for woody.
> 
> The only backwards-incompatible change between Python 2.0 and 2.1 *that
> I know of* is that relational comparisons between complex types are more
> restricted (in Python 2.1, only equality tests, not magnitude tests are
> alllowed).  Since this is a mathematically ambiguous concept anyway,
> this doesn't seem a big deal to me.
> 

2.x is compatible with each other for the most part, mostly really small things
(as you mentioned).  The debian-python list has been hashing these issues out
recently and once the python policy is happy packages should start moving.



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