From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PiWeX-000829-FJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:33:05 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1D210E0BB6; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:31:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2830E0BB6 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:31:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 830011B405C for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:31:41 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.57 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.57 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.029, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Nod1v5GfSPXS for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:31:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7EEE1B4044 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:31:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PiWcz-0004or-2Q for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:31:29 +0100 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:31:29 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:31:29 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Doubt about Python. Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:31:13 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: e562fbd642bc6c4d4895f9b024e90e37 On 2011-01-27, Carlos Sura wrote: > I'm running a Gentoo Box ~amd64, so, upgrading my system I could notice that > there was 3 python versions. > > I have: > > Python 2.6 > Python 2.7 > Python 3.1 > > It is safe if I use as main Python 2.7 and as active version of Python; Probably not. > Python 3.1??? Definitely not. > Or should I stay in Python 2.6? Yes. You can use any version you want for your own apps, but as of a couple weeks ago, I know that switching the Gentoo system apps to Python 3 would break things. If the system apps are still using 2.6 insteadof 2.7, there's probably a reason... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! It's a lot of fun at being alive ... I wonder if gmail.com my bed is made?!?