[ovs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] Increase prerequisite from Python 2.4 to Python 2.7.

[Andy Hill]

> As a consequence, this requires dropping support for old versions of
> XenServer.  I don't expect that to be much of a problem.

Unfortunately, the most recent release of XenServer (6.5) still ships
with Python 2.4.

> +Open vSwitch requires a version of XenServer (XCP) that includes a
> +modern version of Python (2.7 or later).  This excludes older releases
> +based on Centos, which have Python 2.4.

XCP seems looks EOL on after XenServer was open sourced.[1]

Can we defer this until a later Open vSwitch release? Maybe the next LTS?

[1] http://www.xenproject.org/component/content/article/100-misc/148-xcp-and-xenserver-faq.html
- See "I am a user of XCP: how am I impacted?"