On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Mark Derricutt wrote:
> Anyone know where one could get rpms for alot of the python libraries for
> Its darn annoying the way RH ship python 1.5.2 and python 2.2 (as python2)
> and libs that only work with one or the other :(
> Anyone know why Red Hat insist on sticking with python 1.5.2?
They want to preserve binary compatibility for all .x releases. Red Hat

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On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 08:16, Mark Derricutt wrote:
> Anyone know where one could get rpms for alot of the python libraries for=
> Its darn annoying the way RH ship python 1.5.2 and python 2.2 (as python2=
they are on python 2.2 for 8.0 - but they don't like to break
therefore: 6.X was 1.5.2 b/c that was current
7.x was 1.5.2 b/c that was current when 7.0 was released.

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