On 07/31/2013 12:17 PM, Prasad, Ramit wrote: > You should be able to install both Python 2 and 3 in most modern > Linux distributions (at the same time). I would not change the system > Python version.
I hadn't really planned on mucking with the system python... I recall from a long while back (on Mac OSX) as that being a Bad Thing ;) But that is kind of (one of) the question(s) here... I presume it is 'possible' to run a local version of python, installed in the user's home directory... just curious if its worth the hassle. > If you are not blocked from running Python 3 by some necessary > dependency then you should use it. Otherwise, use the most > recent Python version you can. Are there any significant flaws with v.3.3.0 that would necessitate upgrading to the most recent version (3.3.2?) The only 'dependency' I have as far as 2.7.x is concerned is that I've become rather accustomed to using spyder (IDE)... which at this point doesn't support python3 - definitely a bummer. > On a personal machine, I would install some things like pip/virtualenv > (/numpy maybe) to system packages directory but keep most packages in > a project specific directory (i.e. virtualenv). What about larger gui toolkits like PyQt? Some material I browsed (skimmed) indicated that it wasn't quite as simple to run straight from a virtualenv...? How much of a pain are virtualenvs when working from an IDE? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
