Python 1.5.x vs Python 2.x.x

[Paul Rubin]

Fernando Pérez <fperez528 at yahoo.com> writes:
> All the scripts for which this is an issue are distributed by them, as part 
> of their own system setup. So they can point every script which explicitly 
> needs 1.5 to use it.
> 
> They cause their users a fair amount of annoyance and I have yet to
> see a solid technical reason to justify it.

IMO the annoyance was caused by the needless incompatibility between
Python 1.5.x and 2.x.x.  The redhat people had a product to ship on a
deadline; yes they could have updated all those scripts and QA'd them
again, but at the expense of either a schedule slip or resources being
directed away from something else.  Instead, they stuck with what
worked.  Maybe they'll update the scripts in a future Redhat release.