Python 2.4 seem to still be a version you can find on "recent" system, like CentOS 5. So it made sense to be compatible with it, don't you think ? And RoR was conservatively still working with ruby 1.8 too...
I know not of any equivalent of rbenv for python, but I've not looked after, so here we are.
I wonder why more people don't realize this. Fact is, there are those who have no other option at their day jobs then to deploy to "ancient" systems for one reason or another, developers often do not have a say in the matter. It's good that these useful frameworks are willing to support the real world for as long as they can.
