On 8 Sep 2005, at 05:33, Dennis Allison wrote:

I have been running Zope 2.7.6 with Python 2.4.1 without problems for several months now.

I think you're missing the point here. "I've been doing X and see no problems" is what you are doing, but Jim is going to do the security audit that is necessary to make Python 2.4 the recommended platform. Something "seeming to work OK" doesn't imply production-readiness. jens

On 8 Sep 2005, at 08:48, Chris Withers wrote:

Jim Fulton wrote:

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At: http://www.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Proposals/RequirePython24> Is a proposal to require Python 2.4 for Zope 2.9 (to be released this December). Comments are welcome. :)

Well, it'd be nice if Python 2.4 was at least "acceptable" for 2.8.x first, so the 3rd part products have some chance of finding 2.4 bugs...

The work to make it "acceptable" for Zope 2.8 is the very same work needed to make it the required version for Zope 2.9. IMHO you don't want to do this right in the middle of the 2.8 release cycle. If people need to test for bugs with their software under 2.4, that's what the 2.9 alpha/beta cycle is for. jens

Chris Withers wrote:

Jim Fulton wrote:

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At:

http://www.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Proposals/RequirePython24>

Is a proposal to require Python 2.4 for Zope 2.9 (to be released this December).

Comments are welcome. :)

Well, it'd be nice if Python 2.4 was at least "acceptable" for 2.8.x first, so the 3rd part products have some chance of finding 2.4 bugs...

As someone else pointed out, it's usable with Zope 2.7, at least for testing, so someone should certainaly be able to test their products under Zope 2.8 and Python 2.4. Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@zope.com Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org