On Thu, 7 May 2009, John Pinner wrote: [...]
But if you are developing new software you should be using Python 3, ready for when it becomes the default in Linux distributions (already it is, in Ubuntu 9.04).
What does that mean? $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 9.04 Release: 9.04 Codename: jaunty $ python3 The program 'python3' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install python3-minimal bash: python3: command not found $ python Python 2.6.2 (release26-maint, Apr 19 2009, 01:56:41) [GCC 4.3.3] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
j...@alice:~$ dpkg -S $(which python) python-minimal: /usr/bin/python $ apt-cache depends python python Depends: python2.6 Depends: python-minimal ... John _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
