Minimum python version - 2.4 or 2.5?

Minimum python version - 2.4 or 2.5?

[Michael Smith]

Hi,

What's the minimum Python version requirement for the dev branch? I'd 
like to use shutil.copytree(), but the behaviour I want was only added 
in Python 2.5.

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Minimum python version - 2.4 or 2.5?

[Gary Thomas]

On 09/24/2010 10:45 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What's the minimum Python version requirement for the dev branch? I'd
> like to use shutil.copytree(), but the behaviour I want was only added
> in Python 2.5.

I'm pretty sure that you're guaranteed at least 2.5

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Re: Minimum python version - 2.4 or 2.5?

[Martyn Welch]

Unless something has changed in he last few months, I think we wanted to
support 2.4 for a little while longer:

http://www.mail-archive.com/openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org/msg06143.html

Martyn

On 24/09/10 17:45, Michael Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> What's the minimum Python version requirement for the dev branch? I'd
> like to use shutil.copytree(), but the behaviour I want was only added
> in Python 2.5.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
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Re: Minimum python version - 2.4 or 2.5?

[Michael Smith]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, Martyn Welch wrote:

> Unless something has changed in he last few months, I think we wanted to
> support 2.4 for a little while longer:
> 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org/msg06143.html

Hmm, so RHEL5 is still using Python 2.4.

SLES10 is in the same situation, but installing Python from source worked 
seamlessly for me. Maybe we could require RHEL5 users to upgrade Python. 
Bitbake 1.10 also requires Python 2.5 and runs about 30% faster than 1.8, 
so there's good reason for RHEL5 users to want to switch.

Mike

> On 24/09/10 17:45, Michael Smith wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > What's the minimum Python version requirement for the dev branch? I'd
> > like to use shutil.copytree(), but the behaviour I want was only added
> > in Python 2.5.

Re: Minimum python version - 2.4 or 2.5?

[Tom Rini]

Michael Smith wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, Martyn Welch wrote:
> 
>> Unless something has changed in he last few months, I think we wanted to
>> support 2.4 for a little while longer:
>>
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org/msg06143.html
> 
> Hmm, so RHEL5 is still using Python 2.4.
> 
> SLES10 is in the same situation, but installing Python from source worked 
> seamlessly for me. Maybe we could require RHEL5 users to upgrade Python. 
> Bitbake 1.10 also requires Python 2.5 and runs about 30% faster than 1.8, 
> so there's good reason for RHEL5 users to want to switch.

Here's my once again whine for not adding deps for things that RHEL 
users can't get via the official channels.  Yes, they can install things 
from source and that's not nice.

Now, if you want to talk about making bitbake 1.10.0 the minimum for OE, 
that's another story.

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