[Scons-dev] Argumentation for Python 2.6 support removal

[William Blevins]

As a side-note, I don't foresee 2.5.0 breaking 2.6 compatibility either.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Dirk Bächle <tshortik at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> On 02.12.2015 18:59, Tom Tanner (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON) wrote:
>
>> It's not dead and buried where I work yet. I'm working on it.
>>
>>
> and you'll be able to continue working on it, with the current SCons
> version that you can stick to.
>
> The deprecation cycle for Python 2.6 compatibility has been how long
> now...a year or so? I'd have to look it up, but we definitely did
> everything we could by backporting stuff for 2.6 for a very long
> time...even though it was already officially deprecated.
> It's time to make a clear cut now, in order to finally get ready for
> Python 3.x...and that's what we'll do.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Dirk
>
>
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