On Sun, 2012-03-04 at 13:34 -0700, Stuart McGraw wrote: > One of the reason for using Fedora is quick access > to the latest software -- sometimes even too quick > (hence the "bleeding edge" moniker.) > > But I have noticed this is not true for some things. > For example, in Fedora 15 python seems frozen at > python-2.7.1 even though -2.7.2 was released a long > time ago and fixes a number of bugs. > > Another example is postgresql which remains in the > 9.0.x release although 9.1.x contains a number of > significant new features. > > Why do many packages follow the upstream faithfully > yet others seem to use a boat-anchor update policy? > Is there an official policy about this or is it a > matter of individual packagers' choice? >
Run: yum install python3\* and see what happens. -- ======================================================================= Go climb a gravity well! ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akons...@sbcglobal.net -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
