* Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010907 00:33]:
> I see now that the python2 packages made it into unstable. This is a
> mistake IMHO. The Perl guys tryed this and it didn't work. Also, the
> name should have been python2.1 not python2. What problem does naming
> the packages "python2" solve? It seems like a big pain for everyone
> for no gain.
Note that the python2 packages are, at this time, legacy. They were
created at the time where Python 2.0 was incompatible with the GPL, and
it was a hack to provide Python 1.5.2, which was GPL compatible, as
well as 2.0, which was not. Cf. README.why-python2 for a more detailed
explanation.
Gregor
