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Re: Supported Python versions?
From: Bálint Réczey <balint () balintreczey hu>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:18:04 +0100
Hi Peter, 2015-03-24 18:17 GMT+01:00 Peter Wu <peter () lekensteyn nl>:
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 04:58:14PM +0100, Pascal Quantin wrote:2015-03-22 16:48 GMT+01:00 Peter Wu <peter () lekensteyn nl>:Hi, Triggered by a build error due to html2text.py, I have recently started with adding Python 3 support to various Python scripts[1][2]. The change to html2text.py[1] was tested with Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2 and 3.4. The configure script however checks for Python >= 2.5 which was first released in 2006 with the last security update in 2011. This version also lacks support for nice language constructs such as 'with'. checklicenses.py is already incompatible with this. Any objections if this gets bumped to 2.6 or even 2.7? The dfilter-test.py script already requires 2.7 (or newer).Hi Peter, the OSX 10.5 x86 buildbot still runs Python 2.5, so bumping the minimum Python version would require updating the buildbot. So it's better to keep compatibility for the scripts used during build steps. Pascal.According to the ComputerWorld source listed by Wikipedia[1], OS X 10.5 became unsupported since June 2011. Python 2.5 also does not receive security updates anymore. (OS X 10.6 has Python 2.7 which is still supported.)
Since we use Python with verified input and only for building Wireshark the security concerns don't apply here. Otherwise I think it would be OK to move to newer Python version. Cheers, Balint ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe
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