Upgraded Ubuntu -> 11.10, Python -> 2.7.2. Now psyco doesn't work?

[Jerry Hill]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:43 PM, John Ladasky <ladasky at my-deja.com> wrote:
> I was running Ubuntu Linux 10.10, on which Python 2.6.6 was the
> standard distribution.  I succeeded in doing an "alternate install" of
> Python 2.7.2, over Ubuntu 10.10.  But I use so many packages in my
> code.  Dealing with the package dependencies, and the intricacies of
> invoking the right version of Python at the command prompt, were
> making me dizzy.  After a few hours of struggle, I just decided to
> upgrade my OS to Ubuntu 11.10, on which Python 2.7.2 is the standard
> distribution.
>
> I then installed numpy, scipy, and matplotlib, and confirmed that they
> work.  I needed just one more package to try my code: psyco.
> According to the Synaptic Package Manager of Ubuntu 11.10, there is a
> supported version of psyco for this OS revision, python-psyco
> 1.6-2ubuntu1.  I downloaded it.  It installed.  But an attempt to
> "import psyco" gives me an ImportError at the python prompt.

>From the psyco homepage ( http://psyco.sourceforge.net/ ) "Python 2.7
is unsupported so far. Anyone interested in porting Psyco to it is
welcome. I started the work in a branch but it needs finishing."
That's the most recent news item on the home page, and it's dated July
16, 2010, about a year and a half ago.

I don't think psyco supports python 2.7.

-- 
Jerry