Hackable mercurial based on python 2.7

[Angel Ezquerra]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Mads Kiilerich <mads at kiilerich.com> wrote:
> On 19/06/12 11:49, Angel Ezquerra wrote:
>>
>> So then my question is, given that the windows mercurial binaries are
>> being updated to use python 2.7, wouldn't it make sense to update to
>> python 2.7 the python that is bundled with the hackable mercurial
>> package (in its hg-python folder) as well?
>
>
> They are completely independent, so I don't follow the reasoning. It could
> be argued that it would make more sense to go back to 2.4 (if it worked) to
> ensure backward compatibility and probably get a smaller download size.
>
> Eduard-Cristian has however updated Matt's instructions for building a
> hackable zip, so the next version might be based on 2.7.
>
> /Mads
>

OK, thanks for the explanation.

Angel