Python required?

[josef betancourt]

I looked at other VCS homepages and very few have details on the home page
on requirements.   Any hint of requirements, especially with version
numbers, are a big turn off.  Brings memories of versions hell.

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Haszlakiewicz, Eric <
EHASZLA at transunion.com> wrote:

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: mercurial-bounces at selenic.com [mailto:mercurial-bounces at selenic.com
> ]
> >>>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:07 PM, josef betancourt
> >>>> <josef.betancourt at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> Small quibble.  On the main Mercurial page:
> >http://mercurial.selenic.com/
> >>>>> the top right section states:
> >>>>> Requirements Python 2.4 (get python)Is that really accurate?   If I
>
> >As a matter of fact, _none_ of the packages listed on the downloads page
> >except the source tarball require you to install Python. Perhaps the
> Python
> >requirement could just be removed from the home page? A note added to the
> >README about what's required would likely be enough for the source
> tarball.
>
> How about changing that to say:
>
> Requirements (already included in binary packages)
>  Python 2.4 or newer (get python)
>
> And move it down after the "Another OS?" section to de-emphasize it.
>
> eric
>
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