Re: Removal of python1.5?
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:53:24AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 08:00:20PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > If I don't hear a serious reason to keep python1.5, I plan to file a
> > bug report for ftp.debian.org to remove the python1.5 package.
>
> Eh?
>
> python1.5's still useful to users, isn't it, especially ones with
> important python programs they don't want to port to 2.1 just yet?
>
> Dropping python1.5 doesn't seem a particularly clever thing to do.
I agree. Old versions can also be useful when testing backwards
compatability of scripts etc.
Now that the python policy supports multiple versions and a default version,
having old versions around doesn't hurt. Why not just leave them there?
Removing them buys nothing but a little archive space.
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