Jason Tackaberry wrote: > On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 14:27 +0200, Meneer Jansen wrote: >> Freevo Python install script trying to use a command called "popen2" >> which is deprcated in the Python version Jaunty uses. Pity..... > > Deprecated, but not removed. So the worst that will happen is that > Python will print a warning, which does not affect the actual > functionality. It's safe for you to ignore. > > >> Seems to me Python is a too hard to keep up with for programmers and >> users alike. I cannot remove old Pyton versions because of dependency >> hell. And Python does not upgrade itself in one single directory. So > > Yes, you don't want to try to remove the python version that your distro > came with, because a lot of apps on your distro depend on it. > > This dependency hell problem is not unique to python. Try to upgrade > non-bugfix releases of your glibc or gtk packages, to name a couple. > > Normal users should not need to maintain multiple python versions. If > you find yourself in the unfortunate situation of having a distribution > with Python 2.4 (now unsupported by Freevo), you'll be far better > upgrading your distro. > > But most distros released in the last 2 years are running Python 2.5, > which Freevo does support.
I'm not sure that it is a great idea to upgrade a distro and Freevo at the same time. As when there are problems with Freevo the poor user is not sure if it is a Freevo problem or a distro problem. IMHO it is better to upgrade a distro and keep Freevo at the same version, all the old versions are still on the sourceforge.net web page. Then it is a simple matter of downloading it and typing: python setup.py install It is not even that difficult to do the same if there are any missing dependencies. Duncan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
