Hello everyone.
Our current developer guidelines for python development state that we should support both python2.5 and python2.6.
I'd like to ask if python2.5 can be dropped from the list. I just took the steps required to test python2.5 (and removed 2.6-only features in the process). I had to use Hardy VM to do so because python 2.5 is no longer available in the Lucid archive. Doing additional testing in a VM is cumbersome and error-prone as we can accidentally slip in a 2.6-only code or trigger 2.5 bug we didn't know about and it might go untested.
Can we rationalise the requirements for supporting python2.5 and if so, devise a sensible testing plan for our python development?
BTW: It's worth publishing our python development practices on the Linaro wiki.
Best regards Zygmunt