myths about python 3

[Duncan Booth]

Anssi Saari <as at sci.fi> wrote:

> Daniel Fetchinson <fetchinson at googlemail.com> writes:
> 
>>> 1.  Python 3 is supported by major Linux distributions.
>>>
>>>      FALSE - most distros are shipping with Python 2.4, or 2.5 at best.
>>
>> This latter statement is false, Fedora 11 and 12 come with python 2.6.
> 
> How does your mention of one distro counter that claim? Personally,
> I'd like to see a study of what version of Python ships with what
> Linux distribution. Say, include the top 100 distros from
> distrowatch.com? I think there may a surprising number of distros that
> ship with no version of Python what so ever.
> 
Is there any easier way to build that list than working through all the 
distributions by hand?

Maybe someone should create a wiki page to record this.

Here's what I see in the Ubuntu packages. Python 3 seems only to be in the 
universe repositories so far.

Dapper: Python 2.4.2
Hardy: Python 2.5.2
Intrepid: Python 2.5.2, 3.0~b3 (universe)
Jaunty: Python 2.6.2, 3.0.1 (universe)
Karmic: Python 2.6.4rc1, 3.1 (universe)
Lucid: Python 2.6.4, 3.1 (universe)

WTF is rc anything doing in the main repository?

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