We have a fair bit of Python 2.7 Twisted code deployed on RHEL and CentOS 5 and 6. In each case, we build from source and do a make altinstall so we’re running a Python separate from the system’s. Just takes a few minutes to get everything installed and running.
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 6:30 AM, Phil Mayers <p.may...@imperial.ac.uk> wrote: > On 15/12/15 04:16, Amber "Hawkie" Brown wrote: > > There is a solution to this, and Nick Coghlan has mentioned it to me >> many times -- Software Collections for RHEL and CentOS. Software >> Collections is RH's answer to "new software" on "stable >> distributions" -- SCLs operate side-by-side with system packages, so >> it won't break anything. Since you're a CentOS 6.7 user, the standard >> SCL should work (it's 6.5+). >> > > I really disliked the SCLs when I looked at it. The supported use-case > seems to be a kind of hugely over-engineered set of wrapper/environment > setup scripts: > > scl enable python2.7 pip install blah > > ...ad infinitum. > > Personally - and I guess for others as well - the SCLs will be > off-putting. It's a shame there isn't a simpler solution, namely EPEL > python2.7 - having a 2nd python in a different path is quite safe, we do it > routinely. > > It's hugely annoying that RHEL6 and derivatives missed out on Python 2.7 > :o( > > > _______________________________________________ > Twisted-Python mailing list > Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com > http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python > -- Raymond Cote, President voice: +1.603.924.6079 email: rgac...@appropriatesolutions.com skype: ray.cote
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