[tahoe-dev] dropping python2.4 support in 1.9?

[Dudumomo]

Just my feedback, several people and I, are using the SFTP solution (as, to
be honest, i don't like using the web interface) and we are even
recommending to do so.

Anyway, great job !!
On Oct 29, 2011 8:15 AM, "Brian Warner" <warner at lothar.com> wrote:

> On 10/28/11 12:02 PM, Zooko O'Whielacronx wrote:
>
> > Short term solution: declare that Tahoe-LAFS v1.9 doesn't support
> > Python 2.4 anymore.
>
> I'm ok with that. The oldest Ubuntu LTS (8.04 Hardy, supported until
> April 2013) has python-2.5.2, after which the oldest (10.04 Lucid) will
> have python-2.6.5 until April 2015. The oldest supported Debian release
> (lenny) has 2.5.2, and current (squeeze) has 2.6.6 . Previous OS-X (10.6
> Snow Leopard) has 2.6.1, and 10.7 Lion reportedly has 2.7.1 . I'm
> guessing other OSes are following roughly the same schedule.
>
> In practical terms, does this mean we should just shut down the CentOS5
> buildslave?
>
> > If anybody is dying to use Tahoe-LAFS v1.9 with Python 2.4, speak up
> > now!
>
> Yeah! Unless there's a sudden clamor of support for py2.4, I'm dropping
> it from 1.9.
>
> There are a handful of things we can improve once we've properly
> abandoned py2.4, but of course those will wait until after 1.9.
>
> > Possible long-term solution: replace the place where Twisted depends
> > on PyCrypto with a dependency on something else
>
> I'd also like to consider moving SFTP to a plugin (which first entails
> creating a plugin system). I'd like to hear folks opinions, but I've got
> the general feeling that SFTP is used relatively rarely, compared to the
> webapi.
>
> cheers,
>  -Brian
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