Re: python-2.7.3 vs python-3.2.3

2016-01-26 Thread Ben Finney
Gene Heskett writes: > I have need of using a script written for python3, but the default > python on wheezy is 2.7.3. Correction: the default Python 2 is 2.7.3. The default Python 3 is 3.2.3. Since Python 2 and Python 3 are distinct run-time systems, there's no single “default Python” in Debia

Re: python-2.7.3 vs python-3.2.3

2016-01-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 26 January 2016 10:21:07 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:11 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 26 January 2016 09:20:16 Wolfgang Maier wrote: > >> I have used 2.7 and 3.2 side-by-side for two years or so on Ubuntu > >> 12.04. Never encountered any problem except

Re: python-2.7.3 vs python-3.2.3

2016-01-26 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:11 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 26 January 2016 09:20:16 Wolfgang Maier wrote: > >> I have used 2.7 and 3.2 side-by-side for two years or so on Ubuntu >> 12.04. Never encountered any problem except for a few times that I >> accidentally tried to run something with

Re: python-2.7.3 vs python-3.2.3

2016-01-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 26 January 2016 09:20:16 Wolfgang Maier wrote: > I have used 2.7 and 3.2 side-by-side for two years or so on Ubuntu > 12.04. Never encountered any problem except for a few times that I > accidentally tried to run something with python when I should have > used python3. I think thats un

Re: python-2.7.3 vs python-3.2.3

2016-01-26 Thread Wolfgang Maier
On 26.01.2016 15:34, Matt Wheeler wrote: The only slight issue you might encounter is that Python 3.2 is quite old now and actually not as well supported as Python 2.7 (many projects support Python 2.7 or 3.3+ only). Best to just try out your script and find out though. Right. For example, pi

Re: python-2.7.3 vs python-3.2.3

2016-01-26 Thread Nick Sarbicki
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 2:22 PM David Palao wrote: > Hello, > On my system I have 2.7.10 and 3.4.3 system wide, but it is not > debian. Of course, the "python" executable can be only one of them at > a given time. > Another option is tu use a virtual environment or something (pyvenv or > virtuale

Re: python-2.7.3 vs python-3.2.3

2016-01-26 Thread Matt Wheeler
On 26 January 2016 at 12:26, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings; > > I have need of using a script written for python3, but the default python > on wheezy is 2.7.3. > > I see in the wheezy repos that 3.2.3-6 is available. > > Can/will they co-exist peacefully? Yes, python packages for different mino

Re: python-2.7.3 vs python-3.2.3

2016-01-26 Thread Grobu
On 26/01/16 13:26, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; I have need of using a script written for python3, but the default python on wheezy is 2.7.3. I see in the wheezy repos that 3.2.3-6 is available. Can/will they co-exist peacefully? Thank you. Cheers, Gene Heskett On Debian Jessie : $ ls

Re: python-2.7.3 vs python-3.2.3

2016-01-26 Thread David Palao
Hello, On my system I have 2.7.10 and 3.4.3 system wide, but it is not debian. Of course, the "python" executable can be only one of them at a given time. Another option is tu use a virtual environment or something (pyvenv or virtualenv). Best 2016-01-26 13:26 GMT+01:00 Gene Heskett : > Greeting

Re: python-2.7.3 vs python-3.2.3

2016-01-26 Thread Wolfgang Maier
I have used 2.7 and 3.2 side-by-side for two years or so on Ubuntu 12.04. Never encountered any problem except for a few times that I accidentally tried to run something with python when I should have used python3. Cheers, Wolfgang On 26.01.2016 13:26, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; I have

python-2.7.3 vs python-3.2.3

2016-01-26 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; I have need of using a script written for python3, but the default python on wheezy is 2.7.3. I see in the wheezy repos that 3.2.3-6 is available. Can/will they co-exist peacefully? Thank you. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, b