py24-mutagen @1.23: SyntaxError: invalid syntax in setup.py

[Polyergic (Shad Sterling)]

from main.log:

:info:build   File "setup.py", line 37
:info:build     except EnvironmentError as err:
:info:build                              ^
:info:build SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[elelay (Eric Le Lay)]

I'll have to drop py24-mutagen and py25-mutagen: 2.6 is the minimum python version ​since mutagen 1.22.

[elelay (Eric Le Lay)]

committed in r123098.

[elelay (Eric Le Lay)]

Thanks for reporting!

[Polyergic (Shad Sterling)]

Why not roll back to the last version that worked with 2.4? Was there a problem with py24-mutagen @1.22_0?

[elelay (Eric Le Lay)]

It could be rolled back, but it would have to be to 1.21 (see ​http://mutagen.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changelog.html).

Now I don't want python2.4 which I consider outdated to hold the package back for everybody. What's your reason for keeping it?

[Polyergic (Shad Sterling)]

Isn't py24-mutagen specific to python 2.4? Why would it hold back anything for newer versions of python?

I ran in to the error doing an upgrade outdated, so I assumed it was needed by something I had installed. It turns out it's a leaf on my system, so I don't have any reason to keep it, it just seems odd that I'd be required to remove it.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

You are not required to do anything. Macports, like the python developers, does not really support python 2.4 anymore.

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

Replying to me@…:

Isn't py24-mutagen specific to python 2.4? Why would it hold back anything for newer versions of python?

We prefer avoiding situations in which some subports have one version and other subports have another version. To keep py24-mutagen and py25-mutagen around, Eric would have to keep them frozen at @1.22_0 (essentially breaking them off into their own port) while the other subports received updates as usual. This would make things more confusing both for him and for users.