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From: Carlos Sura <carlos.sura1@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Doubt about Python.
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:52:30
Message-Id: AANLkTinkj3dH8QKYWAUC=r1S6jUPMXQ_hLugP22co_eY@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Doubt about Python. by Neil Bothwick
1 On 27 January 2011 14:21, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2
3 > On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:31:13 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
4 >
5 > > You can use any version you want for your own apps, but as of a couple
6 > > weeks ago, I know that switching the Gentoo system apps to Python 3
7 > > would break things. If the system apps are still using 2.6 insteadof
8 > > 2.7, there's probably a reason...
9 >
10 > They don't, they use python:2. This box still works correctly without
11 > python 2.6, nothing complains. It did require a quite lengthy
12 > python-updater run before removing 2.6.
13 >
14 >
15 > --
16 > Neil Bothwick
17 >
18 > I am NOT a NUMBER! I am a DEMOGRAPHIC!
19 >
20
21 So.... It is safe or not? I'm currently using python 2.7 with no problems
22 right now or at least I think so... 2.6 and 2.7 are safe, right.
23
24 Ok, thank you all, I'm going to stay with python 2.7 to see what happens
25 next.
26
27 Regards,
28
29 --
30 Carlos Sura.-

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