Re: version of pyhthon needed ny libglade cvs

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

Havoc Pennington wrote:

> James Henstridge <james daa com au> writes: 
>
> > (who thought there wouldn't have been anything wrong with requiring a
> > version of python released this century to compile a piece of unstable
> > software).
>
> Python maintainers should consider http://pobox.com/~hp/parallel.html,
> then no one would even blink.
Python has been parallel installable since forever (pretty much :).  The 
headers and data files are all installed in a version dependent 
directory (python1.5, python2.1, etc).  The main binary is installed 
under two names: pythonX.Y and python (which is a link to the other 
name).  This python executable is the only conflict between versions -- 
if there are multiple versions available, the sysadmin would choose 
which version "python" was linked to.

Libglade will check a number of names to try and find a usable python 
(including "python2", which the RH python 2.1.1 RPMs use), so it will 
handle picking the right version from parallel installations (you don't 
need to remove 1.5.2).

James.

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