On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Susan Day <suzieprogrammer at 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<http://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 > > Cheers, > Akemi > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100322/7be311d1/attachment-0004.html>