[Buildbot-devel] Python-2.4 support

[William Deegan]

Dustin,
On Nov 26, 2011, at 4:51 PM, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote:

> Twisted's 11.1 release is the last with support for Python-2.4.
> 
> I'd like to make Buildbot 0.8.6 the last to support Python 2.4, as
> well.  Requiring at least Python 2.5 means that we can use
> inlineCallbacks[1] instead of deferredGenerator, which will make a lot
> of code significantly more readable.  It also means we can remove a
> number of workarounds for bugs or missing features in 2.4.  Python 2.4
> is coming up on its seventh birthday (it was born November 30, 2004).
> 
> Does anyone have any strong objections to this change?

No. Do it. 2.4 is olddd..

> 
> Dustin
> 
> [1] http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/8.1.0/api/twisted.internet.defer.html#inlineCallbacks