Does xen-4.1.1 really require python 2.7 (as per Ubuntu packaging) or will it actually work on python 2.6? I am trying to backport it to an Ubuntu LTS version and would rather not have to bring in Python 2.7 if possible. -- Alex Bligh
I''ve been using it so far without any problems with Python 2.6.1 (not on Ubuntu although).
On Wed, 2011-11-23 at 11:11 +0000, Alex Bligh wrote:> Does xen-4.1.1 really require python 2.7 (as per Ubuntu packaging) or > will it actually work on python 2.6? I am trying to backport it to > an Ubuntu LTS version and would rather not have to bring in Python 2.7 > if possible.The README says 2.3 or later. I don''t think we rely on 2.7 specifically and we would take patches to fix it for earlier versions as necessary (although perhaps we would bump the 2.3 to e.g. 2.4 or 2.5 if that turned out to be easier, depends on the prevalence of 2.4+ in distro stable releases). Ian.
Ian, --On 23 November 2011 11:18:25 +0000 Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com> wrote:> On Wed, 2011-11-23 at 11:11 +0000, Alex Bligh wrote: >> Does xen-4.1.1 really require python 2.7 (as per Ubuntu packaging) or >> will it actually work on python 2.6? I am trying to backport it to >> an Ubuntu LTS version and would rather not have to bring in Python 2.7 >> if possible. > > The README says 2.3 or later. I don''t think we rely on 2.7 specifically > and we would take patches to fix it for earlier versions as necessary > (although perhaps we would bump the 2.3 to e.g. 2.4 or 2.5 if that > turned out to be easier, depends on the prevalence of 2.4+ in distro > stable releases).Thanks. Having worked out how to do this, I found someone else has already done it. Reference for the mailing list: http://crypt47.blogspot.com/2011/08/xen-411-on-ubuntu-lucid-1004-lts-easy.ht ml -- Alex Bligh