[Zope3-dev] Re: Python version for Zope 3.4 ?

[Martijn Faassen]

Jeff Shell wrote:
> On 9/28/06, Philipp von Weitershausen <philipp at weitershausen.de> wrote:
>> Christian Theune wrote:
>> > Morning,
>> >
>> > Baiju M wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>   What is the target Python version for Zope 3.4, is it Python 2.5?
>> >
>> > Right now it's still Python 2.4, as Zope 3.4 is scheduled for next 
>> year,
>> > we should consider using Python 2.5 though.
>>
>> We should definitely try to *support* Python 2.5, but we can't require
>> it till Zope 2 has been "certified" for it.
> 
> Why isn't Python 2.5 even supported at present? Does Zope 3.3.0
> flat-out break when run on 2.5? Or does Zope 3.3 + Python 2.5 work,
> but it hasn't been tested enough to say "it's usable, but not
> required"?
> 

Again, I'll repeat that I think we should *not* trying to support two 
Python versions at the same time. Whether something works on a later 
version of Python is beside the point; it's about whether we officially 
make sure. I do not believe we currently (if ever) want to spare the 
resources to develop and test against two Python versions at the same time.

Regards,

Martijn