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Have you considered trying out CentOS on those ops servers? There's plenty of support and documentation online. Package versions do tend to lag a bit, but I bel
by ZenoArrow 11y ago
Have you considered trying out CentOS on those ops servers? There's plenty of support and documentation online. Package versions do tend to lag a bit, but I believe Python 3 is available (EDIT: It is... http://sopel.chat/python3-centos7.html http://sopel.chat/python3-centos7.html ).
- raptorjesus 11y agoYeah we've got a number of CentOS 5 boxes and a CentOS 6 proxy. They are rock solid but terribly out of date. Python 3 is a compile it yourself on centos I understand.
- dingdingdang 11y agoInteresting, I'm also servicing an ailing CentOS 5 server; un-upgradeable and a pain: currently having to migrate the core application onto a new server, haven't had issues with Ubuntu LTS for server usage in the past so that's what I'm going for but the discussion here makes me want to go with Debian instead next time!
- ZenoArrow 11y agoPython 3 is available through a Red Hat supported repo for CentOS 6 and CentOS 7. https://access.redhat.com/products/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/Developer/#rhscl=&dev-page=5 https://access.redhat.com/products/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/...