Re: [PATCH 1/5] t/t5800: skip if python version is older than 2.5
On 06/02/2010 01:21 AM, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:
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> Heya,
>
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 02:13, Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> wrote:
>> This test script depends on the git-remote-testgit python script. This
>> python script makes use of the hashlib module which was released in python
>> version 2.5. So, add a new pre-requisite named PYTHON_2_5_OR_NEWER to
>> test-lib.sh and check for it in t5800.
>
> Perhaps instead we can change git-remote-testgit to do:
>
> "try:
> import hashlib
> except ImportError:
> import ?? as hashlib
> "
I can only guess at what that does. :)
> Otoh, python 2.5 has been out for a while (and is in fact only
> downloadable as a source-only release these days). To be exact, it was
> released on September 19, 2006.
That's only long in python years. :)
RedHat's latest operating system still has version 2.4.3.
-brandon
Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>