[Spambayes] Install problem: conflict between Python versions usingMandrake 9.1

[Tony Meyer]

> I would like to install  Spambayes, but I noticed that the 
> requirements 
> suggested Python 2.3 would be better thanPython 2.2.
[...]

This doesn't help with the problem, but so that you know - SpamBayes will
happily work with Python 2.2; the 2.3 recommendation is really for those
that don't already have Python - they might as well get the latest stable
version.

> Since I want to program using Python 2.3, and I can't 
> apparently remove Python 2.2 without also removing other 
> Mandrake 9.1 installed software, this problem affects me in a 
> wider sense than just the ability to install and use 
> Spambayes. Surely it must be a common situation faced by 
> Python developers on Linux, with a straightforward solution.

You might try comp.lang.python/python-list at python.org, which can probably
help more rapidly with general python questions than this list can.

=Tony Meyer