Re: [Python-markdown-discuss] GSoC plan

[Yuri T. <qar...@gm...>]

> Python has changed---in good ways---since 2.3  Who are we targeting by being
> compatible with 2.3?

Anyone using python markdown on a shared hosting system that does not
support the more recent versionsn of Python.  For example, Dreamhost
defaults to python 2.3 at this point and python 2.4 is the highest
version that is available.  If you want python2.5 on dreamhost, you'll
need to build it yourself.

So, python 2.3 support may be worth re-thinking at this point, but i
don't think it's something to be taken lightly.  Note that Django
works with Python 2.3.

We should definitely start testing the code with 2.6 once it's out.
If someone wants to look into making sure that the code is compatible
with Python 3000 (in the sense that it can be converted successfully
via 2to3), then I am all for it and I will check in any patches that
are needed to make it compatible.  (Assuming it still works with the
earlier versions too.)   But I do not myself plan to look into Py3K at
the moment, since I don't yet see much demand for that.

  - yuri

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