[OmniOS-discuss] Happy New Year, and Python2.7

[Dan McDonald]

The first of the big changes for this bloody cycle is underway internally, i.e. the move from Python2.6 to Python2.7 for OmniOS-internal users of Python.  Those users are currently:

	pkg(5)

	traditional installer media (not kayak)

As of now, the pkg5 test suite is mostly passing with Python2.7, and bloody users know that Python2.7 is AVAILABLE in the main "omnios" publisher repo.

The installer still needs work, but I'm curious how many bloody users out there would be comfortable with having (for now) older install media, but when "pkg update" occurs, moving entirely to Python2.7?  The possible answers are:

* We want both:  Basically, don't jump to Python2.7 until all components are ready.

* We can cope:  Basically, make the jump for pkg5, but for now, traditional install media would be frozen, until the Python2.7 jump has been completed.

Appreciate your feedback, and I have one more longer-term question coming later today or tomorrow.

Thanks!
Dan