From: tamull@gmx.net
To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
Subject: Re: Suggestion: drop python 2.3 support for xen-3.5
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:37:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090820103711.265630@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090819185217.y0xqjoinqcsgc80w@webmail.flonatel.org>
I think the idea to have a compatibility matrix is a good one.
The arguments for supporting rather old Python versions seems strange to me. What is the benefit if the according XEN versions are not supported on the distros in question anyway?
The reasoning sounds artificial, or is there any point which was not stated explicitly???
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:52:17 +0200
> Von: Andreas Florath <xen@flonatel.org>
> An: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>
> CC: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> Betreff: Re: [Xen-devel] Suggestion: drop python 2.3 support for xen-3.5
> Hello!
>
> >>>> <xen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 19.08.09 12:20 >>>
> >> What is your idea about future python support and timelines? Do
> >> you think e.g. python 2.2 should be supported in xen-3.5 also?
> >> (In one of the documents this version is still mentioned.)
> >
> > If any actively supported distro still uses it - yes.
>
> That's a very strange argumentation: So you think if there is
> somewhere in the world somebody who supports a distribution for the
> next 20 years which uses python 2.2 Xen has to support python 2.2 for
> this time? (I cannot really believe that you think this...)
>
>
> > No, since I don't remove/replace the Xen version that comes with the
> > distro, but run various Xen versions side by side. I have severe doubts
> > that this is possible with Python [...]
>
> lenny$ ls -l /usr/bin/python2.?
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1053228 17. Feb 2009 /usr/bin/python2.4
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1174292 17. Feb 2009 /usr/bin/python2.5
>
>
> >> [Are you running xen-unstable on a production environment?
> >
> > No, in a development env.
>
> >> SLES 10 comes with python 2.4 (Service Pack 2 uses 2.4.2). SLES runs
> out
> >> of 'General Support' on 31 Jul 2013 [1] - at this point of time you
> >> should think about updating. And SLES 11 comes already with python 2.6.
> >>
> >> Can I interpret your answer as: dropping python 2.3 support is ok for
> >> you, but python 2.4 must be supported for at least a couple of years?
>
> > Not really - I'd still like to be able to also run Xen on my one
> > remaining SLES9
> > box (until SLES9 goes out of support), which uses 2.3.3.
>
> To be sure that I get this correct: you are developing for xen-unstable on
> a
> SLES9 box? Are you planning to go in production with this? Where do you
> get
> support from?
> And: you like to run Xen unstable on SLES9 but you don't want to upgrade
> and
> you think (because you like it) this is a reason why python 2.3 support
> should not be dropped for Xen unstable?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Andreas
>
>
>
>
>
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-18 17:47 Suggestion: drop python 2.3 support for xen-3.5 Andreas Florath
2009-08-19 7:01 ` Jan Beulich
2009-08-19 10:20 ` xen
2009-08-19 10:36 ` Jan Beulich
2009-08-19 16:52 ` Andreas Florath
2009-08-20 10:37 ` tamull [this message]
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