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As far as I remember Debian has always been able to support multiple versions of python simultaneously although I think they've dropped packages for <~2.7 now
by fiddlerwoaroof 9y ago
As far as I remember Debian has always been able to support multiple versions of python simultaneously although I think they've dropped packages for <~2.7 now
- toyg 9y agoBut: - iirc they can only go down one version (i.e. 3.4/3.5, no 3.4.1/3.4.2) - it's always been a real b@llache to install newer versions on Debian releases where it has not been officially packaged (e.g. 3.6 on jessie). With most packages, you can grab the source from Sid and rebuild it on Stable; with Python it's become basically impossible, the pile of dependencies below and above the package is unwieldy. And this despite tons of policies around packaging python apps, which was supposed to make it easier to run multiple versions. If Fedora really made things easier in this area, it's most welcome. However, when a marketing page starts with "you can now do this standard thing that actually most people have been doing for years already" (-m venv), I'm somewhat skeptical.