[csw-maintainers] Python 2.7

[Peter FELECAN]

"Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński" <maciej at opencsw.org> writes:

> 2013/7/30 Peter FELECAN <pfelecan at opencsw.org>:
>> Packaging for Solaris 9 was deprecated last year and it was an activity
>> based on voluntary work. Consequently, this is a non issue.
>
> Yes, but it changes the game for the volunteers. Previously:
>
> - If you want to volunteer to build a Solaris 9 package, you simply
> use the build tools as usual and you resolve any potential Solaris 9
> specific problems.
>
> After:
>
> - if you want to volunteer to build a Solaris 9 package, you have to
> rework all the tooling and release them for Solaris 9, but even
> releasing doesn't work so you have a chicken and egg problem and you
> need low-level access to the buildfarm to do anything.
>
> What I'm saying is that it will make it practically impossible for
> people to volunteer. To say that you can just volunteer to build a
> Solaris 9 package if you wish, would no longer be honest of us.

Maybe the time has come to stop event that.
-- 
Peter