> I didn't say "from source", I said "from a VCS checkout". If using a > *specific* recent official release of a core tool is bureaucratically > infeasible, it would IMO be very unusual if you're allowed to checkout > and build arbitrary versions of Python, rather than using a version > provided by your bureaucrats. > > The number of people whose job is *specifically* developing Python, or > developing code that depends on bleeding-edge Python, in such an > environment is surely very small.
This completely contradicts with my experience. In a university environment, students regularly check out software from the source repository, modify it, and build it, just to learn something by doing so. Yet, in such an environment, they have little control over their systems - they cannot install software themselves, but have to ask the university bureaucrats (which often reject such wishes, unless they come from a teacher - and often even in that case). There is no problem with people building their own versions of Python, though - they do so in their home directories, and OS security mechanisms prevent them from doing harm to other users. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
