Python 2.6/3.0 packages for Ubuntu?

[skip at pobox.com]

    Terry> I am thinking of getting Ubuntu.  Cannot one also download the
    Terry> sources and compile?  (Without replacing the system version!)

Sure.  I compile it all the time on my Mac.  This is just a little bupkis
virtual server where I run my personal website.  I'd like to just install
vendor-provided packages, at least as much as I can.

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