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Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS.

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 > Portability can be managed

And at least one porter seems to be porting software "just because it 
is possible" without any demand, waisting resources. I've seen at 
least 2 results at Hobbes that were already ported, a.o. GPutils 
0.13.7 (the older ones in /pub/os2/dev/misc, and the "new" one in 
/pub/os2/apps/science/ee). Or giflib: 3 copies in /pub/os2/dev/mm, 
including 2 copies of v4.1.6.

Not to mention that GPutils seemed to be aimed at nobody, given the 
maintained directory structure and e.g. the configuration files (as if
every user is a porter and is going to port v0.13.7 for the third 
time). It really seems to be pretty useless, and it seems to be a 
mess. If anything, it's a waist of limited resources, i.e. the 
porter's talents&time. Perhaps driven by a sourceforge-search for 
"textmode" apps, without any underlying demand nor need.


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Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. "Allan" <allan2@warpspeed.dyndns.dk> - 2011-05-05 17:01 +0200
  Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. Mentore <mentore.siesto@libero.it> - 2011-05-06 00:00 -0700
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