[Scons-dev] plan for python3 port?

[Gary Oberbrunner]

I thought people said there were issues with 2.6 that prevented the same
code working in 3.x.  But indeed there's still a lot of python2.6 out
there; if we could support 2.6, 2.7 and 3.x (x>=3) that would be a superb
outcome.


On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Russel Winder <russel at winder.org.uk> wrote:


> On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 10:12 +0000, Tom Tanner (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON) wrote:

> > Those of us who aren't so active and are still on python 2.6 are going

> to be less happy, especially if we aren't entirely in control of which

> version of python we get to use.

>

> << I thought I had replied to this, but cannot see it. If an earlier

> version turns up, sorry for the duplication. >>

>

> RHEL appears determined to stay with Python 2.6 and I guess many other

> have to as well. I was originally for the 2.7 floor to get at all the

> backports of 3.3 stuff as and when. However if there are many SCons

> users in need of executing on 2.6, and now that we know many projects

> who are being Python 2 and Python 3 compliant are choosing 2.6, 2.7 and

> 3.3+ as their compliance list and succeeding (*), I wonder if SCons

> should revert the 2.7 floor decision and consider a 2.6 floor decision.

>

>

> (*) 2,5 and earlier are ignored as are 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2.

>

> --

> Russel.

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Gary
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