Hi all. Will anyone be sad if I drop python 2.5 support from stem (just supporting 2.6 and higher, including the 3.x series)? If all goes well stem will be having its first release this next weekend and my thinking is this...

* Python itself considers python 2.5 to be obsolete, having dropped docs for everything below 2.6.

* Every OS I can think of except maybe CentOS has at least 2.6, and more likely 2.7.

* I have a dozen dirty hacks throughout the codebase just for 2.5 compatability and I'd love to get rid of them. I'm presently working on a bug that needs the io module which was introduced in 2.6, so I'll need another gross hack for 2.5 support after this too... :(

* Testing with 2.5 is a pita for me, so in general I don't (only when a 2.5 bug is reported or prior to a release).

* I've never heard of someone actually using stem with python 2.5, so maintaining backward compatability this far back is likely a waste of time.

Cheers! -Damian