From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Joachim Schmitz" Subject: RE: Python version auditing followup Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:44:10 +0100 Message-ID: <006101cddfab$2afb0cf0$80f126d0$@schmitz-digital.de> References: <20121220143411.BEA0744105@snark.thyrsus.com> <7vobho60fs.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vzk182yka.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <000d01cddf4c$8cbf2ca0$a63d85e0$@schmitz-digital.de> <7va9t71cqa.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: To: "'Junio C Hamano'" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Dec 21 19:44:40 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Tm7aD-0008NO-NB for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:44:34 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751989Ab2LUSoQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:44:16 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187]:61271 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751260Ab2LUSoO (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:44:14 -0500 Received: from DualCore (dsdf-4d0a157e.pool.mediaWays.net [77.10.21.126]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu3) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MCTBN-1Tv9z82tM1-0098VN; Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:44:12 +0100 In-Reply-To: <7va9t71cqa.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQGJcJ0OStfQbsM1tIQ7oyx+MGbnCwL3z68DAeXO9zcB00FfDgITTBHlAfhQa3mYVpD8UA== Content-Language: de X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:qIy95XRsUanjTJlNOEJQDZRVi3i1xjPL6Vtbx986iUM GaiJCsCHxlqJiIWEu57/DtUxfjWaGLO4U30hHiGqnWQOKNGKmf WWMX/fwnk16BsZZKJacMAyTS2L5ShQQhnkpsxMINK3pNVIwRsP if+g4eHtE9e48y66HfbJnsq/NBi8GWE3oE06lYT0iVsycNx/j6 MAtDv+X5yjfLNhrwcEMmuZ9xLYwvcDHSuskaEUsa4j9Wmzo84Y OsayFqtaYXIF83lz0idjlFFSpAWXijfpxSOS15g/DqCxCZJI4U wr3kRdiODSUxQLj9nj4aj10MZZSZRraTQAr2aO6qBGkLatvbJV bA4GgKmWSWtMM5p9oAqillFLPCKIPn5bs8VNO+F17nmH3+E0Ta pM7fB0igNDiGA== Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: > From: Junio C Hamano [mailto:gitster@pobox.com] > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 7:28 PM > To: Joachim Schmitz > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: Python version auditing followup > > "Joachim Schmitz" writes: > > >> > We have a working 2.4.2 for HP-NonStop and some major problems getting > >> > 2.7.3 to work. > >> > >> I do not think a platform that stops at 2.4.2 instead of going to > >> higher 2.4.X series deserves to be called "long term maintained by > >> their vendors". It sounds more like "attempted to supply 2.4.X and > >> abandoned the users once one port was done" to me. > > > > Well, not entirely wrong, but not all true at too. > > I guess I need to defend the vendor here: It is not really the > > Vendor (HP) that provided Python 2.4.2 or tries to provide 2.7.3, > > it is a volunteer and community effort. HP did sponsor the 2.4.2 > > port though (by allowing an HP employee to do the port inn his > > regular working hours). It is not doing this any longer (since > > 2007). Since then it is a small group doing this on a purely > > voluntary basis in their spare time (one HP employee amongst them, > > me). Same goes for the git port BTW. > > For the purpose of "if we draw the line at 2.6, would it hurt many > people who have been happily using the existing release of Git that > was happy with 2.4", it is dubious HP-NonStop counts. It is not > like the users on that platform have been happily using Python based > Porcelain at the fringe of Git, and drawing the line at 2.6 will not > give them any regression. You asked for opions and obhections, you got mine ;-)