> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Python just seems like something that should be avoided in system >> management tools. Remember having to do special case things like having >> to 'yum update python\* yum\*' sometimes to keep the rest of an update >> from breaking? > > Yes, I feel the same way about perl! Never had a problem with perl updates breaking anything. I do remember a few years back, when it seemed as though any time I tried to install or upgrade something that was in python, it *ALWAYS* wanted a different subrelease, and upgrading that would break everything else in python.... mark, not a python fan