[Zope] RFC: Requiring Python 2.4 in Zope 2.9

[Jim Fulton]

Alan Milligan wrote:
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> Jim Fulton wrote:
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>>Comments are welcome. :)
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> If the work indicated in the security audit does not require additional
> effort for 2.9,

Effort will be needed.

 > then it would be best to get it into 2.8 ASAP, allowing
> 2.8 to be run under 2.3 or 2.4 as an 'approved' transitional environment.

That is out of scope for the proposal.

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> Until then, in the interests of not alienating a large user base, a
> 2.8.x release approved for 2.4 would be most appreciated.

This would require a new 2.8 release and would require a volunteer
to make the necessary security changes.  If Andreas wants to make
another release and there is a volunteer to do the security changes,
then it's OK with me, although I'm not sure it's worth the bother.

Jim

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