Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Is Python Still Considered Optional for the Build Process? What Should the Minim

[Pascal Quantin <pascal.quantin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Le mardi 31 juillet 2012, Balint Reczey  a écrit :
> On 07/31/2012 09:59 AM, Pascal Quantin wrote:
> > Le 31 juil. 2012 à 09:43, Anders Broman <anders.broman@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:anders.broman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> a écrit :
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > Others have to comment on whether we require python or not but it would be
> > > nice if you attached your script to a bug report so we could have a look at it
> > > and have a record of it. I think it should be OK to require python 2.6 as the
> > > lowest supported level to make things simpler.
> > > Best regards
> > > Anders
> >
> > Hi,
> > just for information the Linux development machine I have at work (Debian Lenny)
> > is still packaging python 2.5 by default (unfortunately). It would be great if
> > we could keep compatibility with older machines.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Pascal.
> Hi Pascal,
>
> Lenny is oldstable and is not supported even by the Debian Project itself.
> Please upgrade to Squeeze.
>
> Cheers,
> Balint

Hi Balint,

I would be happy to do so but the IT guys do not share my point of vue ;)

For what it is worth, projects like Mercurial SCM (written mostly in Python) are still maintaining compatibility with Python 2.4.

Regards,

Pascal.