In our previous setup (which also had a python version <2.4) we had only
changed
component/skeleton/gui/generate.py.tmpl
to call and additionally installed python2.4 binary explicitly.
We didn't observe any problems with the build system.
Cheers,
Fritz
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Gene Amtower wrote:
> So far, I've been trying out Qooxdoo using one of my Suse-based servers,
> which contains a fairly recent Python version. Today, I downloaded the
> new 0.8.2 version and want to use it on my older Redhat FC3 Linux
> desktop, but I found that this system only has Python 2.3.4 installed,
> causing the Qooxdoo scripts to fail. So, I downloaded and installed the
> Python 2.4 rpm to meet the Qooxdoo minimum requirements, but the system
> uses the older Python by default. I can run the create-application.py
> script by changing the python entry in the first line of the script
> from:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python
>
> to:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python2.4
>
> This causes the script to run under the new Python 2.4 version instead
> of the default Python 2.3.4 that runs as "python". I found 77 python
> scripts in the Qooxdoo download that would need to be updated
> accordingly.
>
> So, I tried to uninstall the Python 2.3.4 via rpm, but it reports
> dependencies in other parts of the Redhat installation.
>
> Does anyone know how I should properly handle this version conflict
> without causing OS system problems? I could change all of the Python
> scripts within the Qooxdoo framework to use Python 2.4, but I don't know
> if that's the right way to solve the problem. If I force the uninstall
> of the Python 2.3.4 version, will the Redhat system automatically use
> the newer Python 2.4 that I've installed, or will I cause myself other
> grief?
>
> If I edit all of the tool scripts to specify Python 2.4, are there other
> "gotchas" within Qooxdoo that will cause me problems in the tool chain
> because of the current default Python version?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gene Amtower
> PC Backup
>
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