Python and Its Libraries--Who's on First?

[W. eWatson]

Chris Rebert wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:25 PM, W. eWatson <notvalid2 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Is there some repository that says something like for Python 2.5 it works
>> with:
>>
>> Win OSes: W2K, XP, Vista
> 
> For the supported OSes, check the links for the versions on
> http://python.org/download/ and see whether downloads are offered for
> that OS (version).
> 
>> numpy vers y, matplotlib vers x. scipy z, etc.
> 
> For arbitrary third-party packages, check their websites to see which
> versions are compatible with which versions of Python.
> 
> No one makes some centralized compatibility matrix for the cartesian
> product of python, OS, and third-party library versions.
> Probably because, as you can imagine, it would be enormously tedious.
> Also, I doubt it would even be all that useful to most developers as
> they simply go with whatever version of Python their package's
> specific third-party libraries require, with OS compatibility being a
> non-issue.
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris
Thanks.

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