Hi, I would like to use python to write some scripts for a system that will be used for more than 10 years. My problem is the following: In 10 years, if the OS evolves and ships with the latest stable version of python, is there a chance for my 10 year old scripts to run on the new system ? (I am using the following imports: os, sys, md5, getopt, socket, UserDict). Currently we are using a RHEL linux, it includes python 2, 2.3 and 2.5. How old is this python 2 ?
I don't need to be 100% sure that it will work, but avoiding upgrades of the scripts would be a significant plus. Otherwise, is it possible to do something similar like static compiling in C ? I mean having one file, or a little set of files that contain my scripts and what is needed from the python libs to run them ? This way I could ship the scripts and some executables and be pretty much confident it will run even on new systems for a long time. Regards, Philippe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
