> Hi Travis, > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Travis Oliphant <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> I'd like to propose dropping support for Python 2.4 in NumPy 1.8 (not >> the 1.7 release). What does everyone think of that? > > I think it would depend on 1.7 state. I am unwilling to drop support > for 2.4 in 1.8 unless we make 1.7 a LTS, that would be supported up to > 2014 Q1 (when RHEL5 stops getting security fixes - RHEL 5 is the one > platform that warrants supporting 2.4 IMO)
+1 for the LTS "requirement". There are many people out there who cannot/wantnot install their own python just to support a new NumPy release. Unless, of course, there's compelling reasons to drop support for Python 2.4 (almost) immediately. _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list [email protected] http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
