myths about python 3

[Benjamin Kaplan]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:13 AM, 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.
> --

Just from a quick look, 6 of the top 10 distros on distrowatch have
Python 2.6 including all of the top 4.

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