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

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On Mon, 9 May 2011 09:47:46 UTC, Paul Smedley 
<paulDESPAM@DESPAMMsmedley.id.au> wrote:

> Hiya Dave,
> 
> On 05/07/2011 11:56 AM, Dave Yeo wrote:
> > Paul Smedley wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> On 05/06/2011 04:30 PM, Mentore wrote:
> >>> On 5 Mag, 17:01, "Allan"<all...@warpspeed.dyndns.dk> wrote:
> >>>> http://blog.python.org/2011/05/python-33-to-drop-support-for-os2.html
> >>>>
> >>>> Blog says it all....
> >>>
> >>> Bad news.
> >>>
> >>> I don't know if it's possible to keep Python alive on OS/2. Still it
> >>> makes sense to try...
> >>>
> >>> The main problem is if someone of us has the necessary skills / time
> >>> to keep this task going. I'm afraid I am not one of those :(
> >>
> >> Based on the lack of feedback on my Python 2.x builds, I've never even
> >> attempted building Python 3.x....
> >>
> >> Sad but true....
> >>
> >
> > I think a lot of us are happily using them and just didn't think of
> > giving feedback.
> > Mozilla on OS/2 would be dead without your builds of Python 2.6 and
> > right now configure checks for greater then 2.5 and less then 3
> > Anyways, thanks for the Python builds
> 
> To be honest, I thought most were still using Andy Mac's Python builds...
> 
> I know Andy Willis did some experiments with my libc Python builds - 
> wasn't sure anyone else was using.
> 
> I also know Yuri did some fixes for RPM/YUM...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Paul
I've used your builds exclusively since some issue was resolved, 
whichever it was I reported but don't recall now.  It's worked fine 
for Mozilla builds.  I am using Yuri's Mercurial as it is newer with 
some updates that make conflicts easier to deal with.
Andy

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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
    Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. Paul Smedley <paulDESPAM@DESPAMMsmedley.id.au> - 2011-05-07 09:38 +0930
      Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. "Rich Walsh" <spamyourself@127.0.0.1> - 2011-05-07 01:22 +0000
        Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. Paul Smedley <paulDESPAM@DESPAMMsmedley.id.au> - 2011-05-09 19:16 +0930
      Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 19:26 -0700
        Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. "Mentore Siesto" <mentoreshoryu@fattimiei.zx> - 2011-05-08 20:20 +0000
          Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2011-05-09 08:09 +0200
            Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2011-05-10 08:18 +0200
              Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. Peter Flass <Peter_Flass@Yahoo.com> - 2011-05-10 07:42 -0400
                Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2011-06-08 16:48 +0200
                Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. "Andy" <nospam-abwillis1-nopspam@nospam-gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 18:07 +0000
              Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. "Mentore Siesto" <mentoreshoryu@fattimiei.zx> - 2011-05-10 20:35 +0000
          Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. Paul Smedley <paulDESPAM@DESPAMMsmedley.id.au> - 2011-05-09 19:18 +0930
        Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. Paul Smedley <paulDESPAM@DESPAMMsmedley.id.au> - 2011-05-09 19:17 +0930
          Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. "Andy" <nospam-abwillis1-nopspam@nospam-gmail.com> - 2011-05-09 16:07 +0000
  Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. "Andy" <nospam-abwillis1-nopspam@nospam-gmail.com> - 2011-05-08 02:09 +0000
    Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2011-05-08 08:58 -0700
      Re: Python 3.3 to Drop Support for OS/2, Windows 2000, and VMS. "Andy" <nospam-abwillis1-nopspam@nospam-gmail.com> - 2011-05-09 16:04 +0000

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