Re: Installing current Django on current Debian with current Python

2013-03-13 Thread Shawn Milochik
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:08 AM, wrote: > > Question remains how to get current releases of Debian, Python and Django > running together. > As I said in the earlier e-mail, use virtualenv: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the G

Re: Installing current Django on current Debian with current Python

2013-03-13 Thread breg
Don't understand your dramatic words, of course after purging all depending packages and running again: *aptitude install libapache2-mod-wsgi* everything was installed and worked as before, including python 2.6. That's what a package system is made for, and why I chose debian in the first place.

Re: Installing current Django on current Debian with current Python

2013-03-12 Thread Shawn Milochik
The best solution is to use a virtualenv. The decision to purge Python2.6 was a very, very bad one. You should never mess with the version Python that comes with your OS. Lots of software on the system relies on it. You could try to use aptitude to restore it. Hopefully that will work. Otherwise,

Installing current Django on current Debian with current Python

2013-03-12 Thread breg
The latest Django release 1.5 brings a number of welcome improvements, the configurable User model IMO the most noticeable. Now the accouncement on djangoproject.com says: ".. Python 2.7.3 or newer is strongly recommended" As I have no ethical, political or gender-related reservations against py