Re: multiple Python versions, but on Windows (how to handle registry updates)

2008-05-11 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Sun, 11 May 2008 01:17:22 -0300, Banibrata Dutta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I realized that my query was not making much sense, or a bit convoluted. A > simler form of the question: > > For packages which do contain .dlls & .pyd's (not pure Python) their latest > version may be compatible

Re: multiple Python versions, but on Windows (how to handle registry updates)

2008-05-10 Thread Banibrata Dutta
I realized that my query was not making much sense, or a bit convoluted. A simler form of the question: For packages which do contain .dlls & .pyd's (not pure Python) their latest version may be compatible with -- say Python 2.5, whereas I need the version compatible for Python2.2. Is this a compl

Re: multiple Python versions, but on Windows (how to handle registry updates)

2008-05-10 Thread Banibrata Dutta
Thanks Gabriel & Terry. Those explanations make perfect sense. What is the recommended way, to find the "compatible" packages that include .dll's / .pyd's or dependencies that are Python release specific ? For example, is there a 'yum' or other automatic dependency checking mechanism which works a

Re: multiple Python versions, but on Windows (how to handle registry updates)

2008-05-10 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Sat, 10 May 2008 01:38:24 -0300, Banibrata Dutta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > given that I already have Python2.5 installed & will install Python2.4, will > copying the ../Lib/site-packages/ from 2.5 into 2.4's, work ? > i think the answer is "no", but still asking. is it package specific ?

Re: multiple Python versions, but on Windows (how to handle registry updates)

2008-05-10 Thread Terry Reedy
"Banibrata Dutta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | given that I already have Python2.5 installed & will install Python2.4, will | copying the ../Lib/site-packages/ from 2.5 into 2.4's, work ? | i think the answer is "no", but still asking. is it package specific ? I

Re: multiple Python versions, but on Windows (how to handle registry updates)

2008-05-09 Thread Banibrata Dutta
Thanks, Gabriel and Terry, for your responses. Another somewhat realted, but very noob'ish question -- given that I already have Python2.5 installed & will install Python2.4, will copying the ../Lib/site-packages/ from 2.5 into 2.4's, work ? i think the answer is "no", but still asking. is it pac

Re: multiple Python versions, but on Windows (how to handle registry updates)

2008-05-09 Thread Terry Reedy
"Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En Fri, 09 May 2008 07:58:33 -0300, Banibrata Dutta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: |> I already have Python25, and need to install Python24. I would prefer not to |> remove Python25, but each Python version seems to

Re: multiple Python versions, but on Windows (how to handle registry updates)

2008-05-09 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Fri, 09 May 2008 07:58:33 -0300, Banibrata Dutta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I already have Python25, and need to install Python24. I would prefer not to > remove Python25, but each Python version seems to update the registry, I > guess (not sure), overwriting each other's entries. Any way