[Dev] Python Version?

[John Anderson]

I'm proposing that a copy of Python be contained in Chandler along with 
the usual installer on Windows and the equivalent for Mac & Linux. This 
way we control which version of Python is used, it doesn't collide with 
other versions which may be installed and my Mom doesn't need to know 
anything about Python to use Chandler. Of course, developers can use any 
version they want -- but they'll have to know what they are doing. Each 
version of Chandler will specify a minimum version of Python, which will 
increment in subsequent releases.

John Anderson

Michael R. Bernstein wrote:

>On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 16:53, John Anderson wrote:
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>>On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 07:42 PM, Michael R. Bernstein wrote:
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>>>From: "Michael R. Bernstein" <webmaven@lvcm.com>
>>>Date: Thu Oct 31, 2002  7:42:15 PM US/Pacific
>>>To: OSAF Development <dev@osafoundation.org>
>>>Subject: [Dev] Python Version?
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>>>Does anyone have thoughts as to which version of Python Chandler should
>>>be based on / distributed with?
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>>My inclination is to always use the most recent version that is stable. 
>>ZODB, for example doesn't work unless you use Python 2.2.2.
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>Well, yes, I agree, especially for self contained applications.
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>But if Chandler is going to be useful as a stable development platform
>(for third party developers to add their own Packages to), than the OSAF
>is likely going to have to make a longer term commitment to a particular
>version of Python, at least between major version numbers.
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>'Python in a Tie' (2.2.x?) is supposedly intended to be just such a
>long-term commitment (18 months or so) release, and it's likely that
>Zope Corp. and PythonLabs will base their application and toolkit
>releases (Zope and ZODB, respectively) on it.
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>Michael Bernstein.
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