At the risk of being misunderstood, again, I can confirm that it was not a jab at Perl. In fact, I was warning that similar cautions and solutions apply to Python as those described by Keith for Perl. -- Pat On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Erik Lane <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Larry Brigman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Patrick J. Timlick > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In my "Wierd Things That Happen" experience, one should heed Keith's > >> cautions and advice when attempting to upgrade Python. Do just as he > says, > >> except replace Perl with Python. > >> > > > > Nice jab at Perl. Trying to upgrade Python from 2.4 to 2.5 or 2.6 on a > Distro > > like Centos 5 is really painful. Not really worth the effort to do a > > full replacement. > > > Are you sure that's a jab at Perl? I read it as saying that when > upgrading Python you can run into the same headaches/problems as when > trying to upgrade Perl. So just another bit of anecdotal evidence that > you need to be careful when trying to change the defaults that a > system ships with. > > Erik > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- [email protected] www.timlick.com 503-476-3119 10990 NE Paren Springs Rd. Dundee OR 97115 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
