Redhat 7.1 and Python 2.1

Thu May 24 17:36:54 EDT 2001

"C.L" <no at spam.org> writes:

> - Why doesn't Redhat ship with Python 2.1?  The 1.5.2 it ships with
> is a little dated isn't it?

Yes, totally.

The reasons according to a couple RedHat developers are:

  "Compatibility - the newer versions aren't compatible with 1.5, and
   they don't even store modules in the same location."

  "Binary compatibility issues. We don't break binary compatibility in
   a minor release, and the binary format for python modules has
   changed."

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