On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 2:43 AM, Thomas Nyberg wrote:
> Interesting...learn something new every day! I knew that they would
> backport security updates, but I never realized they would actually use
> a newer (micro) version of the interpreter while retaining the original
> number on the package. (O
On 05/03/2017 01:14 PM, Matt Ruffalo wrote:
> This isn't quite true -- Ubuntu 14.04 shipped with Python 3.4.0, but was
> updated at some point to 3.4.3 (which will be installed automatically
> through normal update mechanisms).
>
> MMR...
>
Well I'm less worried about whether it is _always_ true
On 2017-05-03 12:43, Thomas Nyberg wrote:
> On 05/03/2017 11:47 AM, Wolfgang Maier wrote:
>> On 03.05.2017 17:11, Thomas Nyberg wrote:
>>> On 05/03/2017 11:04 AM, Daiyue Weng wrote:
nope, I was thinking it might be good to update to 3.5.3 for security
reasons?
>>> (CCing back in pyth
On 05/03/2017 11:47 AM, Wolfgang Maier wrote:
> On 03.05.2017 17:11, Thomas Nyberg wrote:
>> On 05/03/2017 11:04 AM, Daiyue Weng wrote:
>>> nope, I was thinking it might be good to update to 3.5.3 for security
>>> reasons?
>>>
>>
>> (CCing back in python-list since I accidentally dropped it.)
>>
>>
On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 1:47 AM, Wolfgang Maier
wrote:
>> I wouldn't worry about it. Package managers tend to usually take care of
>> security updates. (Of course there is criticism of Linux Mint saying
>> they're not as great at this...) Looking at Ubuntu 16.04, they are still
>> on 3.5.1 (plus Ub
On 03.05.2017 17:11, Thomas Nyberg wrote:
On 05/03/2017 11:04 AM, Daiyue Weng wrote:
nope, I was thinking it might be good to update to 3.5.3 for security
reasons?
(CCing back in python-list since I accidentally dropped it.)
I wouldn't worry about it. Package managers tend to usually take ca
On 05/03/2017 11:04 AM, Daiyue Weng wrote:
> nope, I was thinking it might be good to update to 3.5.3 for security
> reasons?
>
(CCing back in python-list since I accidentally dropped it.)
I wouldn't worry about it. Package managers tend to usually take care of
security updates. (Of course there
On 05/03/2017 10:34 AM, Daiyue Weng wrote:
> Hi, I am using Python 3.5.2 on Linux Mint (X64) at the moment, and
> wondering how to update it to 3.5.3. Are there some simple commands to do
> that?
>
> cheers
>
I wouldn't mess with the system python if I were you. That could clash
with Linux Mint's
