Nick Craig-Wood schrieb: > Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> As of this time, the Debian wxPython packages are only provided for >> Python 2.3. I couldn't tell you why. Try looking at the bug list >> for python-wxgtk2.6. I'm sure there's a bug filed against it asking >> for a Python 2.4 version. Perhaps the maintainer has explained why >> there is no such version yet.
Its a mistake of mine, see below. > Debian have yet to pull their finger out and switch to Python 2.4 as > the default python even 2 years and 2 months after its initial > release! > > I personally find that quite frustrating since debian is my OS of > choice. (Yes, becoming a Debian developer is on my todo list along > with spend less time at the computer and more with the children ;-) > > However ubuntu, which is debian/unstable packaged up for end users, is > committed to python, and hence has python2.4 and all its packages. No wonder because of Mark Shuttleworth being its supporter - one great guy he is :) > There is nothing to stop you using ubuntu's python packages with > careful use of apt preferences and sources.list. Or you can swap to > ubuntu completely using apt-get! I have to admit that I did in fact check that wxgtk2.6 on my new kubuntu machine at work. I was under the impression that they are _very_ similar to debian, so that the packages existed for both. Back at home (and after reading this), I checked that the wx is really not available for 2.4. Sorry to cause confusion here. But then I guess Franz is on his own with this - the copying stuff won't work, that still _is_ true. I wonder if he'd be able to make the packages work using apt-get source, but that isn beyond my knowledge. I can also only second your opinion about (k)ubuntu: its great. I just installed it for my 72 year old dead :) And it was the only thing that I could get to run on my dell gx620 - as the debian installer uses a pre-2.6.12 kernel (2.6.8 I think) that puts the SATA-drives under the /dev/hd* devices (and needed the compatibility-mode enabled in the bios) - but then the 2.6.12 gets installed, and the HDs are /dev/sd*, and no compatibility mode is required. Try to boot that... Made my balding head lose some more hairs. Regards, Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
