On 4/15/2014 5:05 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote:
On 4/15/2014 2:08 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> writes:
The 'mistake' is your OS, whatever it is, not providing 3.3. It is
already so old that it is off bugfix maintenance. Any decent system
should have 3.4 available now.
I think you mean “… should have Python 3.3 available now”, yes?
??? why would you think that??? My installed 3.4.0 for Windows is dated
March 16.
Debian's current stable (Wheezy) was released 2013/05/04, and the
latest version release of it (7.4) was 2014/02/08. Both those dates
precede 2014/03/16, so you don't get 3.4 in Wheezy. (Actually, you
don't even get 3.3, presumably because its launch date of 2012/09/29
missed the Wheezy feature freeze in mid-2012.) Debian Jessie (current
testing) ships 3.3 and 3.4, with the 'python3' package giving you 3.3.
There are three things a distribution can do with a new Python version:
1. Push it on people.
2. Allow people who need it to easily get it.
3. Actively hide it and discourage its use.
I happen to think 2) is generally the right answer.
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