llvm dev - Dec 2012 - [LLVMdev] Minimum Python Version

On Mon, 3 Dec 2012, Eli Bendersky wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 4:31 AM, Konstantin Tokarev <annulen at
yandex.ru> wrote:
>>> One of the most conservative distributions is Debian.
>> RHEL/CentOS is more conservative. RHEL 6 ships Python 
>> 2.6.6, RHEL 5 (which is still widely used) ships 2.4.3
> Python 2.4.3 until 2020? I doubt that anyone considers this seriously.
Extended support lifespans, probably not, but main support 
intervals, certainly tens of thousands of paying customers 
subscribe to Red Hat's model (or the hundreds of thoudsands 
usig CentOS rebuild of the same sources) take a stable API 
quite seriously

One thing I am missing here is:
 	What is the ** NEED ** for chasing a later
 	Python version?

-- Russ herrold

> One thing I am missing here is:
>         What is the ** NEED ** for chasing a later
>         Python version?
>
Did you read Gregory's message that starts this thread?
Eli

On Mon, 3 Dec 2012, Eli Bendersky wrote:
>> One thing I am missing here is:
>>         What is the ** NEED ** for chasing a later
>>         Python version?
> Did you read Gregory's message that starts this thread?
I assume you mean the one in the archives:
 	Sat Dec 1 14:57:48 CST 2012

Yes, actually, I did -- it boils down to: it's old, and 
Python 3 is coming

No current problems other than a speculative unicode issue are 
raised

-- Russ herrold