Why is CPython 2.5 a dependency for Jython 2.5?

2013-07-03 Thread Steven D'Aprano
I'm running a box with Debian squeeze, and I just ran: sudo aptitude install jython which ended up installing Python 2.5: [...] Linking and byte-compiling packages for runtime python2.5... Setting up python2.5 (2.5.5-11) ... Does anyone know why CPython 2.5 is a dependency for Jython 2.5.1

Re: Why is CPython 2.5 a dependency for Jython 2.5?

2013-07-03 Thread rusi
On Wednesday, July 3, 2013 5:52:12 PM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Does anyone know why CPython 2.5 is a dependency for Jython 2.5.1+ on Debian squeeze? Not exactly answering your question... The debian dependencies can be fairly 'conservative' which means all kinds of stuff is pulled

Re: Why is CPython 2.5 a dependency for Jython 2.5?

2013-07-03 Thread Skip Montanaro
Does anyone know why CPython 2.5 is a dependency for Jython 2.5.1+ on Debian squeeze? Might Jython use some Python modules/packages unmodified? Does sys.path in Jython refer to the CPython tree? Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Why is CPython 2.5 a dependency for Jython 2.5?

2013-07-03 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 03 Jul 2013 07:43:46 -0500, Skip Montanaro wrote: Does anyone know why CPython 2.5 is a dependency for Jython 2.5.1+ on Debian squeeze? Might Jython use some Python modules/packages unmodified? Does sys.path in Jython refer to the CPython tree? Apparently not: sys.path

Re: Why is CPython 2.5 a dependency for Jython 2.5?

2013-07-03 Thread rusi
On Wednesday, July 3, 2013 5:52:12 PM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: I'm running a box with Debian squeeze, and I just ran: sudo aptitude install jython which ended up installing Python 2.5: BTW trying to install jython out here gave me this list (which does not seem to have this

Re: Why is CPython 2.5 a dependency for Jython 2.5?

2013-07-03 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 10:55 PM, rusi rustompm...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, July 3, 2013 5:52:12 PM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: I'm running a box with Debian squeeze, and I just ran: sudo aptitude install jython which ended up installing Python 2.5: BTW trying to install jython out