Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Supported Python versions?
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From: Christopher Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:03:48 +0000 (UTC)
Bálint Réczey <balint@...> writes:

> Since we use Python with verified input and only for building
> Wireshark the security concerns don't apply here.
> Otherwise I think it would be OK to move to newer Python version.

Not that we must, but maybe we could plan on bumping minimum required
versions (Python, Qt[1], etc.) according to schedules such as RHEL's[2]?  As
Luke mentioned, RHEL6 ships with Python 2.6, so I would not be in favor of
requiring a minimum of Python 2.7 until at least the end of the RHEL6
Production 1 Phase.

- Chris

[1]: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/201408/msg00074.html
[2]: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata