Re: debian and python--any potential pitfalls?

2005-12-20 Thread Frithiof Andreas Jensen
Brian van den Broek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The only area of computing in which I am interested and with which he's unfamiliar is Python. He suggested I try to find out if there are any potential issues with Debian stable and Python. Only that Python is

Re: debian and python--any potential pitfalls?

2005-12-20 Thread Paul Boddie
Frithiof Andreas Jensen wrote: [Debian issues with Python] Only that Python is smeared over several different packages - idle is packed separately f.ex. Yes, and I almost guarantee that you'll find yourself swearing over the separate bundling of various header files in the python*-dev

Re: debian and python--any potential pitfalls?

2005-12-19 Thread Brian van den Broek
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said unto the world upon 2005-12-19 00:36: Brian van den Broek wrote: snip I've tried solo and failed a few times to install various Linux distros on Intel x86 laptops. (The software modem was always the sticking point.) A recent acquaintance has volunteered to guide me

debian and python--any potential pitfalls?

2005-12-18 Thread Brian van den Broek
Hi all, I know that this is something for which I could (keep) STFW, but I'm mostly ignorant of the subject area and under a bit of a deadline. So I hope people won't mind if I truncate my search and ask here. I've tried solo and failed a few times to install various Linux distros on Intel

Re: debian and python--any potential pitfalls?

2005-12-18 Thread Robert Kern
Brian van den Broek wrote: Not knowing much about the details of linux and less about Debian, my googling hasn't yielded much that settles things. I have found out that stable ships with 2.3.5. I imagine it should be straightforward to upgrade to 2.4.2. Am I correct? Any other

Re: debian and python--any potential pitfalls?

2005-12-18 Thread bonono
Brian van den Broek wrote: Hi all, I know that this is something for which I could (keep) STFW, but I'm mostly ignorant of the subject area and under a bit of a deadline. So I hope people won't mind if I truncate my search and ask here. I've tried solo and failed a few times to install