Re: coding for multiple versions of python

2009-08-14 Thread Tim Arnold
"Tim Arnold" wrote in message news:h61gld$it...@foggy.unx.sas.com... > Hi, > I've got a python based system that has to run on hp unix and red hat > linux. The Python version on the HP is 2.4 and the version on the Linux > box is 2.6. There's nothing I can do about that. > > I think that means

Re: coding for multiple versions of python

2009-08-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> He's assuming: >1) an OS that supports symlinks >2) two versions of Python on same system >3) one set of pure-python sources that want to stay in synch for both > versions. Actually, the OP said he has HP(-UX, I assume), and Linux, so it would be two versions of Python on different

Re: coding for multiple versions of python

2009-08-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
>> Specifically, put the source code into /net/source/python/foo/*.py. >> Then, on each system, put symlinks to all .py files into >> lib/site-packages/foo. Then Python will place the .pyc files next >> to the symlinks, not next to the actual .py files. > > Why would he need two sets of .py files?

Re: coding for multiple versions of python

2009-08-14 Thread Dave Angel
Grant Edwards wrote: On 2009-08-14, Martin v. L?wis wrote: I'm guessing I need to configure cvs to copy files to both locations whenever I commit. Does that sound right? Is there a better way I'm not thinking of? Just use one set of source files. If the set of files doesn't ch

Re: coding for multiple versions of python

2009-08-14 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-08-14, Martin v. L?wis wrote: >> I'm guessing I need to configure cvs to copy files to both >> locations whenever I commit. Does that sound right? Is there a >> better way I'm not thinking of? Just use one set of source files. > If the set of files doesn't change too often, you can use

Re: coding for multiple versions of python

2009-08-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I'm guessing I need to configure cvs to copy files to both locations > whenever I commit. Does that sound right? Is there a better way I'm not > thinking of? If the set of files doesn't change too often, you can use symlinks. That's how Debian currently installs Python packages for multiple ve

Re: coding for multiple versions of python

2009-08-13 Thread Chris Rebert
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Tim Arnold wrote: > Hi, > I've got a python based system that has to run on hp unix and red hat linux. > The Python version on the HP is 2.4 and the version on the Linux box is 2.6. > There's nothing I can do about that. > > I think that means I must have two diffe

Re: coding for multiple versions of python

2009-08-13 Thread akonsu
On Aug 13, 12:57 pm, "Tim Arnold" wrote: > Hi, > I've got a python based system that has to run on hp unix and red hat linux. > The Python version on the HP is 2.4 and the version on the Linux box is 2.6. > There's nothing I can do about that. > > I think that means I must have two different libra

coding for multiple versions of python

2009-08-13 Thread Tim Arnold
Hi, I've got a python based system that has to run on hp unix and red hat linux. The Python version on the HP is 2.4 and the version on the Linux box is 2.6. There's nothing I can do about that. I think that means I must have two different libraries since the pyc files are not cross-version com