On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Mark Derricutt wrote:
> Anyone know why Red Hat insist on sticking with python 1.5.2?
ehhh?  IANAHNBARHE -- RHL 8.0 is fully python-2, with a back
compatability v 1 shim set.  This has been working and freely
available in their Raw Hide for 5 months for early adopters
and back-porters.
Red Hat maintains binary compatability across major releases.
Its server management tools are heavily Python, and becoming
more so.
To have added mid-stream the python-2 series in the RHL 7.x
series would have been quite disruptive to an existing
installed base.
-- Russ Herrold
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Ahh sweet.  Theres a reason for me to upgrade then :-)
--On Thursday, October 03, 2002 16:20:46 +0300 Panu Matilainen
> They want to preserve binary compatibility for all .x releases. Red Hat

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