Re: [easybuild] Python 2.6 usage poll

2016-09-19 Thread Pablo Escobar Lopez
Hi, Since some time ago I wanted to look at how difficult is to get non python software installed inside an anaconda environment and this looked like a good excuse to test it so I did a quick test to get Easybuil+Lmod inside conda. In case anyone want to test it, you can try this: $> wget -O

Re: [easybuild] Python 2.6 usage poll

2016-09-18 Thread Christopher Samuel
On 16/09/16 20:15, Pablo Escobar Lopez wrote: > I remember we have commented in some hackathon (while having some beers > I think) about the possibility of distributing easybuild as a > self-contained app. Using something like mini-conda > (http://conda.pydata.org/miniconda.html) with easybuild

Re: [easybuild] Python 2.6 usage poll

2016-09-17 Thread Kenneth Hoste
Hi Pablo, On 16/09/16 12:15, Pablo Escobar Lopez wrote: I remember we have commented in some hackathon (while having some beers I think) about the possibility of distributing easybuild as a self-contained app. Using something like mini-conda (http://conda.pydata.org/miniconda.html) with

Re: [easybuild] Python 2.6 usage poll

2016-09-16 Thread Pablo Escobar Lopez
I remember we have commented in some hackathon (while having some beers I think) about the possibility of distributing easybuild as a self-contained app. Using something like mini-conda (http://conda.pydata.org/miniconda.html) with easybuild already installed on top of hit could do the trick. With

Re: [easybuild] Python 2.6 usage poll

2016-09-16 Thread Riccardo Murri
Hi all, > If you would be so kind to fill this in it would give me a sense of what is > going on in the > python 2.x/3.x support landscape. It might be worth to note that `pip` is dropping support for Python 2.6 in release 9.0, scheduled beginning of next year: see

Re: [easybuild] Python 2.6 usage poll

2016-09-15 Thread Christopher Samuel
On 15/09/16 19:50, Jens Timmerman wrote: > If you would be so kind to fill this in it would give me a sense of > what is going on in the python 2.x/3.x support landscape. Just to expand on the answer from VLSCI I put in last night, we are stuck on RHEL6 everywhere until our BlueGene/Q is

[easybuild] Python 2.6 usage poll

2016-09-15 Thread Jens Timmerman
Hi all, In our organization we're planning on upgrading all our oldest systems to SL7 by the end of the year. This would mean we no longer have systems which have python 2.6 as their system python. This means that for our internal tools we can drop support for python2.6. This also makes it