Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-26 Thread Lie Ryan
On 09/22/10 02:44, Diez B. Roggisch wrote: Antoine Pitrou solip...@pitrou.net writes: On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:59:27 +0200 de...@web.de (Diez B. Roggisch) wrote: The problems explained are simply outdated and crippled python versions. And to me, a python version installed that has not the

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-24 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:23:08 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: In message 2ab95324-4394-4510-b953-3c8555b0a...@q9g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, Ant wrote: Still, no Python 3 unless I upgrade to Fedora 13, and upgrading an OS in order to get the latest version of one package is a bit much!

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-24 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:54:55 -0700, Ant wrote: Yes you are right - I've checked on my home machine, and it is indeed 2.6. Still, no Python 3 unless I upgrade to Fedora 13, and upgrading an OS in order to get the latest version of one package is a bit much! Or you could install from source,

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-24 Thread David Cournapeau
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Steven D'Aprano st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au wrote: On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:54:55 -0700, Ant wrote: Yes you are right - I've checked on my home machine, and it is indeed 2.6. Still, no Python 3 unless I upgrade to Fedora 13, and upgrading an OS in order

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-24 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:35:38 +0900, David Cournapeau wrote: On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Steven D'Aprano st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au wrote: On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:54:55 -0700, Ant wrote: Yes you are right - I've checked on my home machine, and it is indeed 2.6. Still, no Python

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-24 Thread David Cournapeau
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Steven D'Aprano st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au wrote: Typically, if your want to install say matplotlib with pygtk with a custom built python, you are in for a fun ride because you have to rebuild everything. That's not what I consider a typical case.

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-23 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message 2ab95324-4394-4510-b953-3c8555b0a...@q9g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, Ant wrote: Still, no Python 3 unless I upgrade to Fedora 13, and upgrading an OS in order to get the latest version of one package is a bit much! You’re using Fedora, a distro that pretty much demands you upgrade at

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-23 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message 87zkvbytnk@web.de, Diez B. Roggisch wrote: Of course, in a ideal world, distutils would hook into the distros dependency system + simply say please install python-dev first. But I'm not convinced that putting the weight here on the shoulders of the python-communtiy to deal

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-23 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message mailman.975.1285085609.29448.python-l...@python.org, Antoine Pitrou wrote: comp.lang.python doesn't handle Linux packaging [issues] ... Why not? We regularly seem to was^H^H^Hspend a lot of time with Windows- specific packaging problems, installation problems and configuration

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-22 Thread John Nagle
On 9/21/2010 11:42 AM, Ned Deily wrote: In article87zkvbytnk@web.de, de...@web.de (Diez B. Roggisch) wrote: The point is that the distro doesn't care about the python eco system. Which is what I care about, and a lot of people who want to ship software. I don't think that is totally

Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Ant
Hi all, I've just seen this: http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1285063820.html Whatever you think of Zed Shaw (author of the Mongrel Ruby server and relatively recent Python convert), he has a very good point in this. I run Fedora 12 on my home computers, and find it far too much hassle to try to

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Peter Otten
Ant wrote: I've just seen this: http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1285063820.html Whatever you think of Zed Shaw (author of the Mongrel Ruby server and relatively recent Python convert), he has a very good point in this. I run Fedora 12 on my home computers, and find it far too much hassle to

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Philip Semanchuk
On Sep 21, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Ant wrote: Hi all, I've just seen this: http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1285063820.html Whatever you think of Zed Shaw (author of the Mongrel Ruby server and relatively recent Python convert), he has a very good point in this. I run Fedora 12 on my home

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Philip Semanchuk
On Sep 21, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Ant wrote: Hi all, I've just seen this: http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1285063820.html Whatever you think of Zed Shaw (author of the Mongrel Ruby server and relatively recent Python convert), he has a very good point in this. I run Fedora 12 on my home

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Ant ant...@gmail.com writes: Hi all, I've just seen this: http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1285063820.html Whatever you think of Zed Shaw (author of the Mongrel Ruby server and relatively recent Python convert), he has a very good point in this. I run Fedora 12 on my home computers, and find

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Michele Simionato
On Sep 21, 2:29 pm, Ant ant...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I've just seen this:http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1285063820.html Whatever you think of Zed Shaw (author of the Mongrel Ruby server and relatively recent Python convert), he has a very good point in this. I run Fedora 12 on my home

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:23:42 +0200 de...@web.de (Diez B. Roggisch) wrote: So, in summary, I think if anything, Python should liberate itself from the reigns of distro package management, and fix whatever issues there are with setuptools (or distutils or pip or distribute or whatever the cool

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread David Cournapeau
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Diez B. Roggisch de...@web.de wrote: Ant ant...@gmail.com writes: Hi all, I've just seen this: http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1285063820.html Whatever you think of Zed Shaw (author of the Mongrel Ruby server and relatively recent Python convert), he has a

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Neal Becker
Ant wrote: Hi all, I've just seen this: http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1285063820.html Whatever you think of Zed Shaw (author of the Mongrel Ruby server and relatively recent Python convert), he has a very good point in this. I run Fedora 12 on my home computers, and find it far too much

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
David Cournapeau courn...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Diez B. Roggisch de...@web.de wrote: Ant ant...@gmail.com writes: Hi all, I've just seen this: http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1285063820.html Whatever you think of Zed Shaw (author of the Mongrel Ruby server and

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:59:27 +0200 de...@web.de (Diez B. Roggisch) wrote: The problems explained are simply outdated and crippled python versions. And to me, a python version installed that has not the distutils module is *crippled*. You can rationalize that as much as you want through

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread David Cournapeau
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Diez B. Roggisch de...@web.de wrote: David Cournapeau courn...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Diez B. Roggisch de...@web.de wrote: Ant ant...@gmail.com writes: Hi all, I've just seen this: http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1285063820.html

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Antoine Pitrou solip...@pitrou.net writes: On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:59:27 +0200 de...@web.de (Diez B. Roggisch) wrote: The problems explained are simply outdated and crippled python versions. And to me, a python version installed that has not the distutils module is *crippled*. You can

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
David Cournapeau courn...@gmail.com writes: I don't deny them their experience. Do you deny the experience of other people with *other* needs? As I already said: I don't propose to ditch the package management. I'm all fine with a distro that carefully selects it's packages and dependencies.

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 9/21/2010 5:29 AM Ant said... Is there a solution to this that anyone knows of? Has Zed jumped to conclusions? Have I? I'd say the error was in selecting something other that the lowest common subset of python functions when designing and writing a python version dependent Mongrel2.

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Ned Deily
In article 87zkvbytnk@web.de, de...@web.de (Diez B. Roggisch) wrote: The point is that the distro doesn't care about the python eco system. Which is what I care about, and a lot of people who want to ship software. I don't think that is totally accurate or fair. There is regular

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Ant
On Sep 21, 2:04 pm, Philip Semanchuk phi...@semanchuk.com wrote: On Sep 21, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Ant wrote: Don't know about Python 3 on Fedora (I use a Mac), but distrowatch.org reports that Fedora has been using Python = 2.6 since Fedora 11 which was released in June of 2009. Yes you are

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Ned Deily n...@acm.org writes: In article 87zkvbytnk@web.de, de...@web.de (Diez B. Roggisch) wrote: The point is that the distro doesn't care about the python eco system. Which is what I care about, and a lot of people who want to ship software. I don't think that is totally accurate

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

2010-09-21 Thread Ned Deily
In article m28w2uvgal@web.de, de...@web.de (Diez B. Roggisch) wrote: Ned Deily n...@acm.org writes: In article 87zkvbytnk@web.de, de...@web.de (Diez B. Roggisch) wrote: The point is that the distro doesn't care about the python eco system. Which is what I care about, and a lot