[Zope] python versions and zope

[Dieter Maurer]

Dennis Allison wrote at 2003-6-25 09:31 -0700:
 > 
 > PEP 6: "In general, only the N-1 release will be under active maintenance
 > at any time."
 > 
 > Python 2.3 is scheduled for early July (PEP 283i and dev-pyBthon
 > mailings).
 > 
 >  Here's a tentative release schedule that follows the above
 >     guidelines:
 > 
 >       alpha 1  --  December 31, 2002
 >       alpha 2  --  February 19, 2003
 >       beta 1   --  April 25, 2003
 >       beta 2   --  late May
 >       rc 1     --  late June
 >       final    --  early July
 > 
 > Unless I am mistaken, Zope 2.5.1, 2.6.0, 2.6.1 all *require* Python 2.1.3
 > and will not work with Python 2.2 and later.
 > 
 > Do we have a problem?

No, because

  *  Python 2.1.3 runs very reliably. We do not need maintenance for it.

  *  Zope 2.6 does run with Python 2.x (for "x >= 2")


Dieter