The basic python package will never change versions, but it will receive backports, this is the RedHat way. If you must use newer stuff, check the Software Col

The basic python package will never change versions, but it will receive backports, this is the RedHat way. If you must use newer stuff, check the Software Collections (still in devel, but prolly very usable): http://dev.centos.org/centos/6/SCL/ http://dev.centos.org/centos/6/SCL/ Alternatively check out IUS repo, it has python 2.7.5 and 3.3: http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/Redhat/6/SRPMS/repoview/letter_p.group.html http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/Redhat/6/SRPMS/rep... http://iuscommunity.org/pages/About.html http://iuscommunity.org/pages/About.html