Coin, Bruce Sass <bmsass@shaw.ca> writes: > Isn't one of the objectives to reduce the number of Pythons in Debian, > so at some point not all versions will be available... I don't think there is any reason to reduce user's liberty by forcing them to use one specific version. > ...then there are patch releases which may have not made it in yet, or > versions which never will because a new interpreter will not be added to > stable. What do you mean by "new interpreter" ? newer version ? Do you mean you want both perfect improved stability and bleeding-edge softwares ? > I also think the ability to automatically integrate local interpreters > into the system would be a benefit to Python keeners and developers, who may > want to use stuff from (say) the Python SVN repository. I don't think so, if you have any need for another interpreter, this one has to be packaged and integrated the Debian way. We cannot handle any /usr/local/ installation and manage bugs for broken custom installations. -- Marc Dequènes (Duck)
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