"Brian van den Broek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The only area of computing in which I am interested and with which > he's unfamiliar is Python. He suggested I try to find out if there are > any potential issues with Debian stable and Python. Only that Python is "smeared" over several different packages - idle is packed separately f.ex. > Not knowing much about the details of linux and less about Debian, my > googling hasn't yielded much that settles things. I have found out > that stable ships with 2.3.5. I imagine it should be straightforward > to upgrade to 2.4.2. apt-get install .... should be about it. > Am I correct? Any other Debian/Python issues I > should know about? Sometimes I have had Debian Sarge fail miserably on the "install desktop" option. The workaround is to not install the desktop in the first configuration pass and then use apt-get intall gnome/kde/whatever. > If it matters, the laptop is fairly new (6 months) but wasn't > screaming when new, either. > > Thanks bunches, > > Brian vdB > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
