Again bad Ubuntu decision! Richard
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:54 AM, LightDot <light...@gmail.com> wrote: > Please don't spread FUD. The news only says that the DESKTOP CD IMAGE will > not contain python 2.x, this doesn't mean Ubuntu 12.10 will remove python > 2.x from the distribution. This also doesn't affect server images, or any > other Ubuntu images. The server cd image and other images will contain > Python 2.x as usual. > > Even if you do a fresh install from the desktop cd image, all you'll need > to do is run 'apt get' or use whichever GUI you use to install packages > from the Ubuntu repository, same as you'd do for any other software that is > a part of Ubuntu but not distributed on the install media. > > I believe this Ubuntu's decision is a mistake nevertheless. I have nothing > against python 3, but who ever is behind such "political statements", isn't > helping it's promotion with such moves. IMHO, naturally... > > Regards, > Ales > > > > On Friday, September 7, 2012 2:56:59 PM UTC+2, Luther Goh Lu Feng wrote: >> >> FYI: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal says bye bye to Python 2. Take note if >> you run web2py and intend to use 12.10. I am not sure if there are ways to >> get Python 2 installed though. >> >> "For 12.10, we intend to ship only Python 3 with the Ubuntu desktop >> image, not Python 2. Beta-1 continues this process." >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**QuantalQuetzal/**TechnicalOverview/Beta1#** >> Python_3.0<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview/Beta1#Python_3.0> > > -- > > > > --
