[webkit-dev] What is the minimal version of Python for webkit-patch?

[Eric Seidel]

We expect all python in webkit to work in Python 2.5.

We arrived at that version by looking at the lowest version shipping
on the common platforms used for webkit development.  Mac OS X Leopard
was the platform with the lowest shipping python version (2.5).
If/when Apple stops actively developing WebKIt for Leopard (which I
don't expect to be until after Lion ships) we as a project will
certainly move to 2.6+ (as that's what Snow Leopard supports).

It's possible we'll move to requiring a newer python version for
WebKit before that time, but that's unlikely given that currently it's
annoying to have to upgrade everyone's development machines.

-eric

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Benjamin <ikipou at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I would like to update webkit-patch to support Python 3 because that is what
> I use by default.
> I think that would not be too much problem to support Python >= 2.6. If we
> have to support as low as Python 2.4, that could be a problem because of
> some new syntax elements introduced in 2.6.
> Should I wait before patching for Python 3? Anyone needs webkit-patch for
> Python < 2.6?
> cheers,
> Benjamin
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