[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The distutils setup.py script checks for ncurses bits
No, it just plows on after compiler errors. > As another person pointed out, you're conflating Python proper with a > specific Linux distribution's packaging techniques. Exactly. As I've pointed out before, Python doesn't play well with others. The Python developers pass the buck to the Linux packager, the Linux packager passes the buck to the Python developers, and thus the user experience sucks. Debian seems to have struggled through this problem, but Red Hat apparently just decided to give up keeping up with Python versions. John Nagle -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list