Olen wrote: > Hi Kent and Terry, > Correct I am using Active state python,and did not read > the full information about installations. Thank you for for the > information. > > I just need to confirm something, In python when we "upgrade" we > essentially install a new > version of python , and we would be needing to install what ever > custom packages we have previously installed right?
For major version upgrades (2.x -> 2.x+1) that is correct. For minor upgrades (2.x.y -> 2.x.y+1) the new version usually installs over the old and uses the same custom packages. I don't know what happens if you install the python.org distribution over an ActiveState distribution, though. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
