On 16 February 2016 at 14:14, Wayne Werner <waynejwer...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've learned that *usually* linux distro repos lag way behind in updating > their Python packages, so unless I *can't* install the package via pip, > that's what I do.
Yeah, and that's what I'd count as an issue between you and your distro. If they don't provide sufficiently up to date versions for you, and you choose to deal with that in whatever way you prefer, that's fine by me. I don't see why the Python community shouldn't provide a solution that you can use in such a situation, simply because it's not the solution your distro would prefer you to use. > Of course, to my knowledge I've never replaced a system installed version > of anything. Though, considering I've been using Python3 since it was > available > and most distros use Python 2, that may not really be saying much :) I thought the distro "hands off" rules applied even to adding things to system-managed directories, not just to overwriting files? Anyway, I've already made more inflammatory comments than an outsider should, so I'll leave the debate to the Unix users at this point. Paul _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
