Python >= 2.6 is required
On Friday, September 11, 2015 at 6:12:14 PM UTC+2, kcrisman wrote: > > I just tried to build Sage from scratch on a (nearly) obsolete platform... > having already made some appropriate changes. What surprises me is that I > have trouble with the first package, namely patch! Because of the Sage > bootstrap thingie > > ../sage_bootstrap/config.py, line 63 > @classmethod > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > Well, yes, in Python 2.3 which is what I have on this computer. But it > shouldn't matter, right? The system Python should have NOTHING TO DO with > Sage, right? Why is Sage trying to use my system Python anyway? Shouldn't > one be able to build/use Sage on a nearly empty install of some random > Linux, for instance? See e.g. > http://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/installation/source.html#command-line-tools > or "Although some of Sage is written in Python, you do not need Python > pre-installed on your computer, since the Sage installation includes > virtually everything you need." > > (This is Sage 6.8.) > > Thanks, > - kcrisman > > PS http://wiki.sagemath.org/SupportedPlatforms hasn't been updated in a > while. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
