Finally, someone who understands me. -- Pat On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Keith Lofstrom <kei...@kl-ic.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:45:30AM -0700, Larry Brigman wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Patrick J. Timlick > > <p.j.timl...@ieee.org> wrote: > > > In my "Wierd Things That Happen" experience, one should heed Keith's > > > cautions and advice when attempting to upgrade Python. Do just as he > says, > > > except replace Perl with Python. > > > > > > > Nice jab at Perl. Trying to upgrade Python from 2.4 to 2.5 or 2.6 on a > Distro > > like Centos 5 is really painful. Not really worth the effort to do a > > full replacement. > > Some are misunderstanding Pat. He did not mean replacing system > Perl with system Python. He endorsed my suggestion regards Perl. > > His suggestion was to s/Perl/Python/ to my message and treat Python > the same way. That is, leave /usr/bin/python alone and make upgrades > to /usr/local/bin/python . A wise extension of a basic philosophy - > let updates manage the distro, make improvements to /usr/local . > > While a dependency-free distro would be a nice dream (why oh why > can't dependencies be managed per individual tool, not whole > systems?), in reality a change to one tool affects many others. > I run distros, rather than roll my own, because I'm relying on > The Upstream Vendor to do the regression testing for me. > > I suspect there are other tools in the distro that should be left > alone, with upgrades going into /usr/local/bin instead. Perhaps > the C compiler. Other suggestions? > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com Voice (503)-520-1993 > KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" > Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- p.j.timl...@ieee.org www.timlick.com 503-476-3119 10990 NE Paren Springs Rd. Dundee OR 97115 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
