[petsc-dev] Python 2.2

[Lisandro Dalcin]

On 3 June 2010 17:27, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> Well currently there is some code in petsc-dev which is not python2.2
> compatible.
>
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> No module named platform
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You see, Python 2.2 is too damn old. Nobody I know with a nontrivial
codebase ever bother to support it. Cython support Python 2.3 to 3.x.
Older NumPy supported 2.3, IIRC current NumPy development targets 2.4.

I'm a big fan of developing on the bleeding edge (I use Fedora!) and
also supporting old stuff (like older Python, PETSc, MPI releases).
But I consider Python 2.2 really, really old. If it were on my hands,
I would drop support for 2.2, but still support 2.3. Anyway, my
opinion on  this does not count, as I never ever had to deal with
BuildSystem.



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