Ben Finney, 27.01.2010 22:50: > Christian Heimes writes: > >> John Nagle wrote: >>> 1. Python 3 is supported by major Linux distributions. >>> >>> FALSE - most distros are shipping with Python 2.4, or 2.5 at best. >> You are wrong. Modern versions of Debian / Ubuntu are using Python >> 2.6. > > Only if by “modern” you mean “not released yet”. > > The latest stable Debian (Debian 5.0, Lenny) has only Python 2.4 and > Python 2.5. It does not have Python 2.6 at all, and until this month > Python 2.6 was not even in the in-development suite of Debian.
'Stable Debian' has a long tradition of being late and outdated on arrival. That doesn't mean you can't use existing Debian packages on it. And there certainly are .deb packages available for Py3.1.1 - Ubuntu uses them, and other Debian based distributions do, too. And Ubuntu Karmic definitely uses Py2.6 as 'python'. Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
