Re: [Translate-devel] Support for Python 2.5 and older has been dropped in Translate Toolkit and Pootle

[Claude P. <cl...@2x...>]

Le mardi 24 septembre 2013 à 12:14 +0200, Leandro Regueiro a écrit :
> Hi everybody,
> 
> We the Translate developers just decided to drop support for Python
> 2.5 and older in Translate Toolkit development version. If you have
> any problem with this please let us know. The reasons are:
> 
> * Python 2.5 is no longer supported by the Python Foundation,
> * The only distribution that already supports Python older than 2.6.x is RHEL,
>   # Those who need running the Translate Toolkit on older Python
> versions still have the previous Translate Toolkit releases.
> * Not supporting Python 2.5 or older will let us:
>   # Remove specific checks for older Python versions,
>   # Remove ad-hoc code that provides substitutes for features added on
> later Python versions, for example `with` statement substitute or
> `functools.wraps` substitute,
>   # Use features not present on those versions, for example setter and
> deleter for properties using decorators,
>   # Align with Pootle's Python requirements.
> 
> 
> Also support for Python 2.5 has been dropped in Pootle development
> version. This is not open for discussion. See
> https://github.com/translate/pootle/commit/51c67d9b0f#diff-1 for the
> reasons.

+1

Another advantage is that it will facilitate Python 3 support. Go :-)

Claude
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