On 3/9/06, Karanbir Singh mail-lists@karan.org wrote:
consider this -> there are a lot of apps that require and are bound to the python version distributed within centos itself. An updated python will almost never make it into any of the centos repositories. if you really really need an updated python, look at the pyvault repo. And remember, you will move a significant number of system components from centos away to pyvault's repo. Your upgrade path and security fix patch for these pkgs and components will also no longer be centos.
atrpms.net also offers a python24 RPM. It installs alongside CentOS's python (just begin your scripts with "#! /usr/bin/python24"), so there shouldn't be any concern of it interfering with other apps that expect CentOS's python. Adding a "includepkgs = python24" to /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo will prevent other packages from being upgraded.
I'm not sure how this compares to pyvault; much of the same info probably applies there.
Josh Kelley