On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Akemi Yagi amyagi@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Susan Day suzieprogrammer@gmail.com wrote:
Hi; I have an old version of Python (2.4.3) and I'm trying to upgrade (to
2.6);
however, when I try yum upgrade python it tells me that it's already got the latest and greatest...presumably of 2.4.3. I've tried yum list python and it only gives me the 2.4.3. Are there no others? Do I have to build
from
a tarball? I'm surprised I don't find a version of Python 3 either. In
what
folder are the rpms kept?
You might want to read this FAQ:
"Where can I get the latest version of XyZ.rpm for CentOS? I cannot find it anywhere." ( http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-472ce8446ebcfc82ca1800f775ba0e629ac8... )
Well that states that the latest "stable version" is supported by CentOS, not the "cutting edge" version. Fine; however, according to python.org: The current production versions are Python 2.6.5http://python.org/download/releases/2.6.5/and Python 3.1.2 http://python.org/download/releases/3.1.2/. So, if "production version" == "stable version", as I believe it should, there's a serious disconnect between the thinking of the folks at python and CentOS. I believe 2.4.6 has been stable for about 5 years, if I'm not mistaken, and that's an advance over what CentOS is packaging. Needless to say, I don't want to run software that's antique, and I think that's what CentOS is promoting, I'm sorry to say. So, am I stuck with tarballs? TIA, Susan
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