[Buildbot-devel] Python-2.5 compatibility with 0.9.0?

[Vladimir Rutsky]

On 26.11.2013 04:33, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote:
> We ran into some minor compatibility problems with Python-2.5 today,
> in the nine branch.  They're not hard to fix -- just some 2.6-only
> syntax -- but I ran into a lot of trouble trying to dust off my old
> Python-2.5 virtualenv to test them.  Coincidentally, Travis-CI
> recently dropped its Python-2.5 support, so Buidbot pull requests are
> no longer automatically tested against that version.  The metabuildbot
> still runs some slaves with Python-2.5, though.
>
> My thinking is, we should continue to support 2.5 as best we can in
> Buildbot-0.8.x, but not support it in nine.
> https://github.com/buildbot/buildbot/pull/982 would do just that.
>
> Reactions?
> Dustin

+1

Currently supported Buildbot dependencies (Twisted, zope.interface, 
Jinja2) already dropped Python 2.5 support.

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