Michael Torrie wrote:
On 05/31/2010 05:13 AM, Jason D wrote:
There is however never been an issue to locate different version of python
in your system as you deem fit without problems.
So I dont understand why your concern.
Actually, replacing python on RHEL is a major endeavor. Almost all Red
Hat utilities are written in python and depend on the specific system
version of python that they shipped. Thus if you want to upgrade python
you're going to break 80% of the system.
Sure you can install Python from source alongside the system python, but
that's a maintenance nightmare for system administrators.
There's something to be said for having all versions of Python installed
as "python2.4", "python2.6", "python3.1", etc., with the name "python"
simply being a link to the favored version. Maybe that should be
the default. The Python Windows installers already work that way; they
create "\python26", etc. directories. The Linux installers, by
default, want to install as "python".
Add-on RPMs should be set up for versioned install. Then you can
safely install alternate versions. I gather that "iuscommunity.org"
distributions do something like this.
John Nagle
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