Re: [gentoo-user] Why exactly am I supposed to install Python 3?

2009-12-08 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 07 December 2009 22:14:55 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:10:18 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: The only benefit, which is questionable, is that python-3 is where its at development-wise, and maybe perhaps the 2* series will become unmaintained (shades of KDE-3). But I

Re: [gentoo-user] Why exactly am I supposed to install Python 3?

2009-12-08 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Monday 07 December 2009 22:14:55 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:10:18 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: The only benefit, which is questionable, is that python-3 is where its at development-wise, and maybe perhaps the 2* series will become unmaintained

Re: [gentoo-user] Why exactly am I supposed to install Python 3?

2009-12-07 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 07 December 2009 22:24:14 Grant Edwards wrote: My most recent update displayed the following messages from Python 2.6.4 and Python 2.4.6: It is highly recommended to additionally install Python 3, Why is it highly recommended? I use a lot of modules that aren't support by

Re: [gentoo-user] Why exactly am I supposed to install Python 3?

2009-12-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:10:18 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: The only benefit, which is questionable, is that python-3 is where its at development-wise, and maybe perhaps the 2* series will become unmaintained (shades of KDE-3). But I suspect that day is still far off. Also, as things are able to