[petsc-dev] Python 2.2

[Satish Balay]

ok - changed the requirement to python2.3 or higher [but not python3]..

Satish

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010, Barry Smith wrote:

> 
>   I'm fine with requiring 2.3 for petsc-dev's Buildsystem.  Have config/configure.py just reject anything less than 2.3 at start up.
> 
> 
>    Barry
> 
> On Jun 3, 2010, at 6:26 PM, Lisandro Dalcin wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> >> 
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> No module named platform
> >> *******************************************************************************
> >> 
> > 
> > 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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