[Python-Dev] Anyone still using Python 2.5?

[Michael Foord]

On 22 Dec 2011, at 01:25, Mark Hammond wrote:

> FWIW, the most recent version of pywin32 has the following download counts (rounded to the nearest thousand)
> 
> Version 32bit       64bit
> -------------------------
> 3.2 -  75,000       9,000
> 3.1 -   4,000       1,000
> 2.7 - 126,000      16,000
> 2.6 -  46,000       6,000
> 2.5 -  21,000         n/a
> 2.4 -   3,000         n/a
> 2.3 -   1,000         n/a
> 
> So ISTM that 2.5 isn't hugely popular these days, but also isn't insignificant.  It probably means I could "safely" drop 2.3 and 2.4 support though...
> 


These figures can't possibly be true. No-one is using Python 3 yet. ;-)

FWIW I heard a few days ago about a UK government department, HMGCC (Her Majesty's Government Communication Centre - based in Milton Keynes), who use Python for research projects. They switched to using Python 3 a while ago.

All the best,

Michael Foord

> Mark
> 
> On 21/12/2011 6:16 PM, Chris Withers wrote:
>> What's the python-dev view on this?
>> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Anyone still using Python 2.5?
>> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:15:46 +0000
>> From: Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk>
>> To: Python List <python-list at python.org>,
>> "testing-in-python at lists.idyll.org" <testing-in-python at lists.idyll.org>,
>> simplistix at googlegroups.com
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> What's the general consensus on supporting Python 2.5 nowadays?
>> 
>> Do people still have to use this in commercial environments or is
>> everyone on 2.6+ nowadays?
>> 
>> I'm finally getting some continuous integration set up for my packages
>> and it's highlighting some 2.5 compatibility issues. I'm wondering
>> whether to fix those (lots of ugly "from __future__ import
>> with_statement" everywhere) or just to drop Python 2.5 support.
>> 
>> What do people feel?
>> 
>> cheers,
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
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