python2.4 for hoary

[Jeff Waugh]

On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 08:33 +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
> python2.4 currently is available in the beta2 version. The release
> candidate is scheduled for November, the final release for December. I
> hope we can still sync the package / add the package at this time. If we
> want to include 2.4 in main, then maybe we could add it to main at a
> earlier point. I'm not (yet) talking of making the new version the
> default for hoary, just adding it either to main or universe.

How likely do you think the release will be in December? Our upstream
version freeze is late in the month, so it's pretty feasible if you
think the deadline will be met.

If we're not going to use it by default (and include all the bindings
for it by default), I think it makes sense to ship it in universe. That
means we won't have to support it unnecessarily for hoary, but it will
be available for use and testing if developers want to try it out. Plus,
a complete, supported transition to Python 2.4 would be a good feature
goal for grumpy.

Thoughts?

- Jeff

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