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Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:07:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@apache.org>
Reply-To: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@apache.org>
Subject: Re: Bug 119384 : Python update coming after 3.4.1 release
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Thank you Ariel.=0A=0AI will see if I can split the patches according to th=
e LF type to solve that issue :(.=0A=0APedro.=0A=0A=0A=0A>_________________=
_______________=0A> From: Ariel Constenla-Haile <arielch@apache.org>=0A>To:=
 ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org =0A>Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 5:48 PM=0A=
>Subject: Re: Bug 119384 : Python update coming after 3.4.1 release=0A> =0A=
>Hi Pedro,=0A>=0A>On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 03:20:44PM -0700, Pedro Giffuni w=
rote:=0A>> Hello guys;=0A>> =0A>> With some help from Hanya I have been slo=
wly working on an update=0A>> to our internal Python. The patch is rather b=
ig but it is necessary=0A>> because:=0A>> =0A>> - The older 2.6.1 python is=
 basically unsupported upstream.=0A>> - Newer versions of python have bette=
r performance and solve=0A>> security issues.=0A>> - The world will be movi=
ng at some point to Python 3 and as=0A>> part of the migration path the Pyt=
hon developers have been adding=0A>> some compatibility in late 2.6.x and 2=
.7.x versions.=0A>> =0A>> The update takes python to version 2.7.3 which me=
ans nothing=0A>> will break but we can start using some Python 3 features.=
=0A>> =0A>> Unfortunately, due to some brokenness in GNU patch which=0A>> c=
annot handle some CRLF changes upstream, we will lose=0A>> a change to supp=
ort SSL on the internal python but it doesn't=0A>> seem critical at this ti=
me.=0A>=0A>Most SMTP servers use secure connection. A Python without SSL wi=
ll=0A>likely break the mail merge functionality of many users.=0A>=0A>=0A>R=
egards=0A>-- =0A>Ariel Constenla-Haile=0A>La Plata, Argentina=0A>=0A>=0A>
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