Proposal: Dropping Python 2.6

[breznak]

Would it be possible to move to python 2.7 as the default (and even break feature parity with python2.6 to take advantage of 2.7)?

For the linux/mac landscape this shouldnt be a problem, as python 2.7 is available there (and sometimes even default).

Many projects still use python 2 (havent shifted to Python 3.x), so it's good to stict there. Also, python 2.7 is the last stage of python2 series [1], so there won't be any puthon2.8. Also it's actively used, so there will be 2.7.y bugfix releases. That makes it ideal target.

Pros:
+drop hacks for py2.6
+reduce Travis build matrix
+python 2.7 is final stage of py2

Cons:
-Grok uses Jython, Jython depends on python 2.5(?)
But now there seems to be a release using python 2.7 (albeit beta!) [2], would it be possible for grok to shift over to using it?

[1] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-October/105016.html
[2] http://www.jython.org/

[rhyolight]

A valid proposal, but this debate needs to happen on the mailing list. Marek, can you please post the issue there?

(Also, Grok does not use jython anymore.)