Re: Updated idea for transition

2001-09-06 Thread Guido van Rossum
> On 6 Sep 2001, Mikael Hedin wrote: > > > What about doing as gcc? Produce python-1.5, python-2.1 and so on > > forever. And then have a package python that just drags in the > > official version, and links /usr/bin/python. If we nuke python-base, > > all old modules get upgradrd I think. (Si

Re: Updated idea for transition

2001-09-06 Thread Bruce Sass
On 6 Sep 2001, Mikael Hedin wrote: > What about doing as gcc? Produce python-1.5, python-2.1 and so on > forever. And then have a package python that just drags in the > official version, and links /usr/bin/python. If we nuke python-base, > all old modules get upgradrd I think. (Similar for py

Updated idea for transition

2001-09-06 Thread Mikael Hedin
What about doing as gcc? Produce python-1.5, python-2.1 and so on forever. And then have a package python that just drags in the official version, and links /usr/bin/python. If we nuke python-base, all old modules get upgradrd I think. (Similar for python-foo etc.) The only problem I see is th