[Python-Dev] LSB: Selection of a Python version

[Neal Norwitz]

What, if any, impact do you think the LSB should have wrt maintaining 2.4?

n

On 12/4/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> At the LSB meeting, there was a brief discussion of what Python
> version should be incorporated into LSB. This is more an issue
> if ABI compatibility for the C ABI is desired, but even if only
> script portability is a goal, application developers will need
> to know what APIs they have available in LSB 3.2 and which they
> don't.
>
> LSB codifies existing practice, rather than defining "anticipating"
> standards, so things get only into LSB if they are already
> commonplace in distributions. Currently, Python 2.4 is widely
> available in Linux distributions; Python 2.5 is not and (apparently)
> will not be included in the next RHEL release (which apparently
> is coming soon).
>
> So it looks like LSB will standardize on Python 2.4 (which will also
> be the default version in the next Debian release).
>
> Regards,
> Martin
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