[osgeo4w-dev] Upgrading o4w Python

[Matt Wilkie]

Hi Folks,

I now have a specific case for python 2.6 or newer, namely tarfile lib 
now properly reads bzip2 compressed files; needed for apt.py 
(http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-apt, 
http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/209).  A fairly small need in the 
grand o4w scheme but personally meaningful.

I'm willing to do some grunt work to move this forward but am not sure 
what "rebuild all the python bindings for the various packages." 
entails. If someone can give some specific examples or advice I'll start 
on it.

cheers,

matt wilkie
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On 16/12/2010 9:39 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> On 10-12-16 12:31 PM, Matt Wilkie wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> What specifically are the impediments to changing Osgeo4W python to 2.7? (or
>> any other number for that matter) I don't mean as an end user already using
>> o4w, but from the perspective of the project itself; what do we have to do to
>> enable us to ship python 2.7?
>
> Matt,
>
> I think the main barrier is the need to rebuild all the python bindings
> for the various packages.  That is a fairly substantial effort.  What
> advantages does Python 2.7 give us?  Potentially we could do that as
> part of a major refresh when also moving to GDAL 1.8 as our primary GDAL?
>
> Best regards,