opps, should have sent this one to the list
Sorry for the dup, Marc.
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Subject: Re: multiple pythons and the default
Date: Wed May 10 2006 14:31
From: Bruce Sass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Marc Dequènes (Duck) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed May 1
Coin,
Bruce Sass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Isn't one of the objectives to reduce the number of Pythons in Debian,
> so at some point not all versions will be available...
I don't think there is any reason to reduce user's liberty by forcing
them to use one specific version.
> ...then there
On Sun May 7 2006 10:49, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> Bruce Sass wrote:
> That impression is incorrect. There was a technical reason when the
> default was defined: it was the most recent version that tat time.
> The next default will have the same property: it will be the most recent
> release. So the
Bruce Sass wrote:
>> /usr/bin/python provided by the "python" package. Right now it's 2.3.5.
>
> So it is arbitrary, as in there is no technical reason which makes 2.3.5
> most suitable.
That impression is incorrect. There was a technical reason when the
default was defined: it was the most recen
On Sun May 7 2006 01:46, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le dimanche 07 mai 2006 à 01:18 -0600, Bruce Sass a écrit :
> > With that in mind, is detecting and compiling for other interpreters still
> > much too error prone?
> >
> > - find a bin/pythonX.Y
> > - check for the expected supporting dirs
> >
>
Le dimanche 07 mai 2006 à 01:18 -0600, Bruce Sass a écrit :
> With that in mind, is detecting and compiling for other interpreters still
> much too error prone?
>
> - find a bin/pythonX.Y
> - check for the expected supporting dirs
>
> If you can do those two things then it should be safe to assum
On Sat May 6 2006 06:55, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le samedi 06 mai 2006 à 04:29 -0600, Bruce Sass a écrit :
> > Is it unreasonable to want to install a module package which should work
> > with any Python and have *.pyc's automatically compiled for an
> > interpreter which lives in /usr/local/bi
On Sat May 6 2006 05:11, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> On Sat, 06 May 2006, Bruce Sass wrote:
> > I am wondering what defines the "default python", is it the one any
>
> /usr/bin/python provided by the "python" package. Right now it's 2.3.5.
So it is arbitrary, as in there is no technical reason whic
Le samedi 06 mai 2006 à 04:29 -0600, Bruce Sass a écrit :
> Is it unreasonable to want to install a module package which should work
> with any Python and have *.pyc's automatically compiled for an
> interpreter which lives in /usr/local/bin, or install a local
> interpreter and have Debian atte
On Sat, 06 May 2006, Bruce Sass wrote:
> I am wondering what defines the "default python", is it the one any
/usr/bin/python provided by the "python" package. Right now it's 2.3.5.
Supporting other versions apart from this one is only a convenience issue
for our users. Right now we have many pyt
Hi,
I am wondering what defines the "default python", is it the one any
Python using Debian-native package must depend on, the one used by
python-support[1], the one all python dependent packages are urged to
work with, one meeting some other criteria, an arbitrary choice?
As I try to catch up
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