[Tutor] Which version of python should i use?

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Mon May 20 17:41:27 CEST 2013


On 20/05/13 23:22, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote:

>To what extent is Ubuntu (I use Mint, but I think that's almost the same) already using Python 3.2 internally?

Zero.

As far as I know, the only major Linux distro using Python 3 as the standard Python is Arch Linux, and they have a reputation for trail-blazing past the bleeding edge.

> I tried "sudo updatedb; locate python3".

That will only find files (or directories) with "python3" in the name, not those that rely on Python3.


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Steven


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