Thread: Python 2.5 or 2.6?
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Old 01-19-2009, 10:38 AM   #1
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Python 2.5 or 2.6?
I know that recently the work was done to allow Calibre to be built using Python 2.6. Is this now a requirement, or can 2.5 still be used?

The reason I am asking is that I have been looking at IronPython and IronPython Studio on Windows. These provide nice integration into the Visual Studio environment. However the latest release of IronPython (2.0) that recently came out is only compatible with Python 2.5.2 - hence the question.

If the answer is yes, the I will put the effort into seeing if IronPython can be used in conjunction with Visual Studio as an IDE for Calibre development on a Windows platform. If the answer is no then I guess it is a case of sticking to the Python 2.6 based installation I already have with Eclipse as the IDE. It is quite likely (I would have thought) that IronPython developers will be updating the base Python version they can run against if I wait a while.

I already use Visual Studio for other development activities and it would be nice to only have to use the one IDE. I am sure many other Windows developers might feel the same.
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