Compat- packages in Fedora

[Jon Ciesla]

> So, here's another one I wanted to get some opinions on.
>
> If, and when, like me, you are suicidal enough to have your servers run
> Fedora, and for some foolish reason you decide to install zope/plone,
> you will need python2.4 which is like from the Core era (or before,
> dunno, don't care, looking forward, history is overrated).
>
> A lot of effort has been made towards building a python2.4 compat
> package, so that those that really really needed it could at least grab
> it from a repository where a bugzilla was attached and more of that
> "collaborative" and "upstream".
>
> It has worked well... in fact, it has worked very very well. However,
> the compat-python2.4 package was not accepted for inclusion in Fedora,
> for various reasons I cannot recall right now. Seemingly endless threads
> on the -devel list is about all I remember.
>
> The point of this message being; How do the other members of the Server
> SIG rate the importance of compat-/legacy tools and utilities being
> available in Fedora (rather then in the more-then-insignificant
> third-party-repository we all know about but do not dare mention)?

I think they're important to have for maybe 2 releases, but that (a year)
should be enough time to migrate any Fedora package or 3rd-party apps.

> Kind regards,
>
> Jeroen van Meeuwen
> -kanarip
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