Re: [Python-Dev] Binary CPython distribution for Linux

2014-06-27 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 27 Jun 2014 17:33, "Bohuslav Kabrda" wrote: > > It's not true that 2.7 wasn't released until few weeks ago. It was released few weeks ago as part of RHEL 7, but Red Hat has been shipping Red Hat Software Collections (RHSCL) 1.0, that contain Python 2.7 and Python 3.3, for almost a year now [1]

Re: [Python-Dev] Binary CPython distribution for Linux

2014-06-27 Thread Bohuslav Kabrda
- Original Message - > While much of the opposition to dropping Python <2.7 stems from the RHEL > community (they still have 2.4 in extended support and 2.7 wasn't in a > release until a few weeks ago), a common objection from the users is "I > can't install a different Python" or "it's too

Re: [Python-Dev] Binary CPython distribution for Linux

2014-06-26 Thread Joseph Martinot-Lagarde
Le 26/06/2014 22:00, Antonio Cavallo a écrit : > Of course Anaconda is oriented towards scientific applications but it is > a proof that a pre-build binary installer works and can be simple to use. Rpm are the "blessed" way to instal software on linux: it supports what most sysadmin expect (ea

Re: [Python-Dev] Binary CPython distribution for Linux

2014-06-26 Thread Antonio Cavallo
I have a little pet project for building rpm of python 2.7 (it should be trivial to port to 3.x): https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:cavallo71:opt-python-modules If there's enough interest I can help to integrate with python.org. >> I understand there may be technical challenges wit

Re: [Python-Dev] Binary CPython distribution for Linux

2014-06-26 Thread Joseph Martinot-Lagarde
Le 26/06/2014 20:34, Gregory Szorc a écrit : I'm an advocate of getting users and projects to move to modern Python versions. I believe dropping support for end-of-lifed Python versions is important for the health of the Python community. If you've done any amount of Python 3 porting work, you kn

[Python-Dev] Binary CPython distribution for Linux

2014-06-26 Thread Gregory Szorc
I'm an advocate of getting users and projects to move to modern Python versions. I believe dropping support for end-of-lifed Python versions is important for the health of the Python community. If you've done any amount of Python 3 porting work, you know things get much harder the more 2.x lega