[ckan-dev] python version for ckan

Wed Feb 20 21:28:13 UTC 2013

On 20 February 2013 19:39, <Ross.Thompson at statcan.gc.ca> wrote:

> Hi,****
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> For data.gc.ca we have to use Red Hat Enterprise servers, which currently
> support only Python 2.6.6. It would really really difficult to get this
> upgraded to 2.7 since this provided by an enterprise group, especially at
> this point in project (and has essentially already been built). Without
> knowing the extent of the work required for you, is it at all possible to
> provide support for 2.6? ****
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>

It sounds like we should definitely support 2.6 do we need earlier version
support?
I've added a pull request to solve the OrderedDict issue I caused

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> Thanks,****
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> Ross****
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> *From:* ckan-dev-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:
> ckan-dev-bounces at lists.okfn.org] *On Behalf Of *Toby Dacre
> *Sent:* February-20-13 12:39 PM
> *To:* CKAN Development Discussions
> *Subject:* [ckan-dev] python version for ckan****
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> Currently ckan 2.0 requires 2.7 if nothing else because of the use of
> OrderedDict.  I think this is something we have slipped into and maybe we
> should revisit our requirements.
>
> Is this acceptable or should I add support for older versions of python?
>
> If we are supporting older versions of python it might be worth setting up
> a pyenv for the older version etc
>
> cheers
> Tobes****
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