Tom,
It is fairly easy to compile and install python from
source - you could simply keep your "personal" python 2.3
in e.g. ~/local and let gentoo use the default 2.2
install. That's what I have been doing in the past.
cheers,
MARKUS
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Tom Eastman wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 03:17:50PM +0800, Zarick Lau wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just want to know about the status on python 2.3.
> >
> > Does portage is totally ready for python 2.3 and
> > python 2.3 ebuild stable??
> >
> > If the both question is positive, what should I do in order to install
> > python 2.3 on my box?
> > update portage then python 2.3??
> >
> >
> > how about those python modules??
> > How to make it work with python 2.{2,3}?
>
> I have to admit this has been really frustrating for me as well... Because I do
> a lot of my university work in python 2.3 I haven't really been able to work
> from home until 2.3 gets marked as stable. It's not a big deal, but I like 2.3
> and want it available.
>
> But here's my thought... a lot of distributions have multiple versions of python
> installed (with binaries like python2.2, python2.3 etc). So what's stopping
> Gentoo from using its slotting mechanism for just this purpose? Then you could
> have all the python versions you want and portage itself could be dependent on
> the 2.2 slot of python until such time as they have it ready for 2.3?
>
> If portage is almost ready for 2.3 then I guess it's a moot point. But it still
> seems like a reasonable idea to me.
>
> Tom
>
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