Upgrade 2.6 to 3.0

[joviyach]

On Feb 4, 2:43 pm, Scott David Daniels <Scott.Dani... at Acm.Org> wrote:
> joviyach wrote:
> > I am fairly new to Python, the first version I loaded was 2.6. I have
> > since downloaded 3.0 and I was wondering what the best practice for
> > upgrading is? I am using Windows XP Pro for my OS.
>
> On Windows, X.Y.* all go in one directory (over-riding each other)
> So the whole 2.6.* family should work just fine alongside the 3.0.*
> family.  In just a bit, 3.0.1 is coming soon, correcting some problems
> in 3.0, so if you do install 3.0, check in a few weeks for an update.
> The 2 -> 3 change was pretty substantial, so it will be a bit until the
> 3.0 line gets lots of outside packages.
>
> --Scott David Daniels
> Scott.Dani... at Acm.Org

Thanks Scott, I will be lurking/hopefully contributing.