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Not every distribution ships ancient versions. RHEL, meanwhile, does not ship 3.1, 2.7 or 2.6. And to be perfectly honest, if you're seriously distributing Pyt
by ubernostrum 16y ago
Not every distribution ships ancient versions.
RHEL, meanwhile, does not ship 3.1, 2.7 or 2.6. And to be perfectly honest, if you're seriously distributing Python software you have to take RHEL into account -- "Fedora ships something newer" doesn't help.
- bcl 16y agoThe EPEL5 repository has Python 2.6 available - http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/SRPMS/repoview/python26.html http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/SRPMS/repoview/...
- nailer 16y ago+1. If you use RHEL, a 'python26' package from a known good source like EPEL is the best place to get a new python that doesn't mess with your existing OS python.
- jrockway 16y agoI don't use Python at all. Despite that, I still somehow have Python 2.6.4 installed on my RHEL4 box at work. (Incidentally, the Linux version number is only slightly higher -- 2.6.9!!!) So it seems like it's possible to get 2.6 on RHEL. I did it, and I hate Python.
- gizmomagico 16y agoI can't help but note that hating Python seems irrational.