How important is Python 1.5 compatibility?

[Michael Hudson]

[Erik got a personal copy by mistake]

Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> writes:

> How important do people think Python 1.5 compatibility is?

At the ACCU conference a few months back, I was talking about
new-style classes and asked the audience what version of Python they
were using.  I was surprised by the response: apart from one guy who
said '2.1 when I'm forced to work with old versions of Zope'
*everyone* was using 2.3.

Cheers,
mwh

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