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-472ce8446ebcfc82ca1800f775ba0e629ac835c7
)

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 2.6.5 and Python 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

Cheers,
Akemi
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