> > >> Python >= 2.6 is required >>> >>> >> Since when? At the very least our documentation for >> installation/whatever should be changed. (!) >> >> That is "not good", for some value of good. Plus, what was the >> rationale? (That is a legitimate question, I assume there was a good >> reason, I just don't know it.) >> > > There were two arguments: first, being able to use Python made some of the > scripts cleaner, and second, most (all?) modern systems should include a > version of Python. >
Even really bare-bones Linux? I guess you can apt-get/yum or whatever. > There were counterarguments that this would break things on older > platforms, but what are the odds of that? ;) > > What is the last 6.x version of Sage that *doesn't* have this prereq? (Or requires a lower level Python, e.g. 2.3?) Also, we do still build our own Python, else the whole python2 vs. python3 issue would be moot, I guess? I hope I'm not *that* far out of touch ;-) -- 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.
