On May 29, 1:09 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The newer versions of wxPython won't make your Debian crash or > anything. We run Debian at work and I've upgraded the Python to 2.4 > and the wxPython to its newest version. This has not affected the > server's stability in any way.
Install like this? Debian stable is way behind the times, so you may find something appropriate in testing. Alternatively, the instructions below should work. apt-get install alien apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev freeglut3-dev python2.3-dev wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-2.8.3.0-1.src.rpm rpmbuild --rebuild --define 'pyver 2.3' wxPython2.8-2.8.3.0-1.src.rpm cd rpmdir alien packagenames.rpm dpkg -i whatever alien called them > > This link explains the process the Debian team takes to implement new > versions of packages (like wxPython):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian > > Basically, they test it for months before finally putting it in to the > "stable" category. However, since they have to do this for lots of > packages, one by one the packages get marked stable. So you could have > something like wxPython marked stable in March and 6 months later, the > rest of the packages are done so they're marked stable. And then after > additional testing, they release the new version. > > Hopefully that wasn't too confusing. > > Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list