Re: Using python 3 for scripting?

2009-03-23 Thread Timo Myyrä
Not too keen on working with Solaris either. Did some small configuration last time I worked there and it was all a mess. I'm trying to convince them to switch to OpenBSD :) Timo -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using python 3 for scripting?

2009-03-23 Thread Alan G Isaac
On 3/22/2009 12:41 PM Chris Rebert apparently wrote: 2.6.1, the latest non-3.x release is probably best. Most libraries haven't been ported to 3.x yet, so Python 3 has yet to become widespread. This seems slightly optimistic to me. Until a week ago, there was not a NumPy release for 2.6.

Re: Using python 3 for scripting?

2009-03-23 Thread Nick Craig-Wood
Alan G Isaac alan.is...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/22/2009 12:41 PM Chris Rebert apparently wrote: 2.6.1, the latest non-3.x release is probably best. Most libraries haven't been ported to 3.x yet, so Python 3 has yet to become widespread. This seems slightly optimistic to me. Until a week

Using python 3 for scripting?

2009-03-22 Thread Timo Myyrä
Hi, I'll have to do some scripting in the near future and I was thinking on using the Python for it. I would like to know which version of Python to use? Is the Python 3 ready for use or should I stick with older releases? Timo -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using python 3 for scripting?

2009-03-22 Thread mahesh
python 2.5 is prefered; On Mar 22, 7:22 pm, timo.my...@gmail.com (Timo Myyrä) wrote: Hi, I'll have to do some scripting in the near future and I was thinking on using the Python for it. I would like to know which version of Python to use? Is the Python 3 ready for use or should I stick

Using python 3 for scripting?

2009-03-22 Thread R. David Murray
timo.my...@gmail.com (Timo =?utf-8?Q?Myyr=C3=A4?=) wrote: Hi, I'll have to do some scripting in the near future and I was thinking on using the Python for it. I would like to know which version of Python to use? Is the Python 3 ready for use or should I stick with older releases? If you

Re: Using python 3 for scripting?

2009-03-22 Thread Chris Rebert
2009/3/22 Timo Myyrä timo.my...@gmail.com: Hi, I'll have to do some scripting in the near future and I was thinking on using the Python for it. I would like to know which version of Python to use? Is the Python 3 ready for use or should I stick with older releases? 2.6.1, the latest

Re: Using python 3 for scripting?

2009-03-22 Thread Timo Myyrä
Ok, I think I'll stick with the 2.6 then. I recall it gave warnings about things that are deprecated in 3.0 so it will make porting the scripts to 3.0 easier. I might try 3.0 once I know what kind of scripts are needed. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using python 3 for scripting?

2009-03-22 Thread andrew cooke
mahesh wrote: python 2.5 is prefered; no it is not. andrew -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using python 3 for scripting?

2009-03-22 Thread R. David Murray
timo.my...@gmail.com (Timo =?utf-8?Q?Myyr=C3=A4?=) wrote: Ok, I think I'll stick with the 2.6 then. I recall it gave warnings about things that are deprecated in 3.0 so it will make porting the scripts to 3.0 easier. I might try 3.0 once I know what kind of scripts are needed. In case

Re: Using python 3 for scripting?

2009-03-22 Thread Timo Myyrä
I might get summer job in doing some 2nd tier support and doing some scripting besides that in Solaris environment. I gotta see what kind of scripts are needed but I'd guess the 2.6 would be the safest option. Timo -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using python 3 for scripting?

2009-03-22 Thread Paul Watson
On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 17:00 +, Timo Myyrä wrote: Ok, I think I'll stick with the 2.6 then. I recall it gave warnings about things that are deprecated in 3.0 so it will make porting the scripts to 3.0 easier. I might try 3.0 once I know what kind of scripts are needed. Yes. Develop

Re: Using python 3 for scripting?

2009-03-22 Thread afriere
On Mar 23, 5:59 am, timo.my...@gmail.com (Timo Myyrä) wrote: I might get summer job in doing some 2nd tier support and doing some scripting besides that in Solaris environment. I gotta see what kind of scripts are needed but I'd guess the 2.6 would be the safest option. Timo Solaris? In