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[Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Aug 2, 2009, at 6:48 AM, Andrea Corbellini wrote:
>
>> I'd be happy to help you fixing the compatibility with python 2.5 (and,
>> why not, 2.6).
>>
>> I would be extremely grateful if you open some bug tasks for specific
>> issues, so that I can fix them in an easy way.
>
> There were several sessions at UDS where we discussed Karmic Python support
> in general and which version of Python to target for Launchpad in
> particular.  The decision was made to target Python 2.6.  IIRC, Karmic will
> not include Python 2.5 but only 2.6 and there are now back ported packages
> of 2.6 for Hardy (the last LTS release).
>
> The take away is that we want Launchpad to run on Python 2.6, and Gary and
> his team have been doing a lot of work to get us there.  If we need to get
> Launchpad running on 2.5 as a stepping stone, so be it, but we should
> eventually end up on Python 2.6.
>

That's great to hear. I still reckon it'd be good to have specific
bugs for the Python upgrade, or at least a wiki page. That way, some
of the work might get done by magic :)

jml
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