Redhat 7.1 and Python 2.1
Jason R. Mastaler
jason-dated-991431415.8772b1 at mastaler.com
Thu May 24 17:36:54 EDT 2001
"C.L" <no at spam.org> writes:
> - Why doesn't Redhat ship with Python 2.1? The 1.5.2 it ships with
> is a little dated isn't it?
Yes, totally.
The reasons according to a couple RedHat developers are:
"Compatibility - the newer versions aren't compatible with 1.5, and
they don't even store modules in the same location."
"Binary compatibility issues. We don't break binary compatibility in
a minor release, and the binary format for python modules has
changed."
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