[Python-Dev] LSB: Binary compatibility (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Dec 6 20:07:34 CET 2006

Greg Ewing schrieb:

Could backwards compatibility concerns be addressed by including more than one version of Python in the LSB? Python already allows multiple versions to coexist, so applications targeting the LSB would just need to be explicit about which version of the interpreter to launch.

Yes. However, for that to work, the Linux distributors would not want to maintain the old Python releases themselves. Given the LSB release cycle, we would have still to support Python 2.0 today if that would have been included at the time of its release.

Of course, for those vendors, only security patches matter. They can justify carrying outdated software around for compatibility only, but they cannot justify including it if it has known security bugs.

Regards, Martin

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