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[Joseph Heck <heckj@xxxxxx>]

Openstack currently supports back through Python 2.6 and includes Python 2.7 - as far as I know, we're not aiming to support any Python 3.x versions as yet.

-joe

On Jul 20, 2011, at 1:04 PM, Debo Dutta (dedutta) wrote:
> Some of us were discussing about the official stand on what version of python one should use for Diablo. The web page says 2.6.x. If folks are going to test on ubuntu 11.04 etc, then I guess things need to run on 2.7.x …..Clarification would be very useful.
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> Debo
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> From: Dan Wendlandt [mailto:dan@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:02 PM
> To: Debo Dutta (dedutta)
> Cc: Edgar Magana (eperdomo); netstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Netstack] Official Python version for Quantum
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> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Debo Dutta (dedutta) <dedutta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Dan
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> Maybe we should talk to the Openstack list too …. We know OS works fine on Ubuntu 11.04 with 2.7.2 and that dev env page was written in Jan 2011 before 11.04 came out. Maybe that will get updated soon!
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> Definitely, I'd encourage you to contact the main list.  A clarification on this point would be useful.  I use 11.04 fairly frequently as well and agree that I haven't seen any problems.  
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> dan
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> Debo
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> From: netstack-bounces+dedutta=cisco.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netstack-bounces+dedutta=cisco.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Wendlandt
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 10:56 AM
> To: Edgar Magana (eperdomo)
> Cc: netstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Netstack] Official Python version for Quantum
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> Hi Edgar,
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> That's a good question.  I think this is a case where we would invoke the "what is the larger openstack policy?" principle.  
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> My understanding is that Nova assumes python 2.6.x (http://wiki.openstack.org/PythonDevelopmentEnvironment), though in practice I suspect a general rule would be to avoid using anything that will break in python 2.7 or python 3.x if there is a reasonable alternative (hence, it often works on newer versions).   
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> RHEL can generally be a pain with OpenStack, though I know there are people working on improving the experience.  I'd probably direct this conversation to the OpenStack community as a whole if you have further question or specific points you'd like to bring up.  Thanks,
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> Dan
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> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Edgar Magana (eperdomo) <eperdomo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Folks,
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> I would like to know if we have defined an official version of Python to be used on all Quantum development. Is it 2.6 or 2.7?
> Is there any place on the Quantum blueprints where we have defined the supported versions of all the libraries that we are using for our development?
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> Thanks,
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> Edgar
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