Re: Removal of python1.5?
Donovan Baarda writes:
> 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.
hmm, yes, this argument holds for all versions of all packages ...
> 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.
well, but the policy shouldn't be used to rectify a Debian python
museum.
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