On Mar 6, 9:59 am, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> wrote: > well, this is trickier than you think. > E.g. Python 2.6 has not made it into Debian stable yet. > And installing Python 2.6 on Debian stable using the standard Debian > source package > installation mechanisms does not work. > Python is needed for functioning of many other system components on > Debian, meaning > that you just cannot just have a system-wide Python 2.6 on a Debian > stable... > > Dmitrii
That is true and if I understand correctly Python 2.6 is not even going to be available in the *next* stable release. But neither would Debian allow the sagemath package to embed a different version of Python (or anything else) in a stable release. So having a useful sagemath in the Debian stable repository seems like an impossible goal for now. At the moment, we are stuck with sagemath 3.0.5 in unstable and that is on the verge of being asked to be removed. So, I wish that something could be done to facilitate getting a more recent version of sage into unstable or experimental. That would also be the relevant consideration for Ubuntu releases. Ben -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
