[Python-Dev] Supported versions of OpenSSL (original) (raw)
Antoine Pitrou antoine at python.org
Wed Aug 31 05:43:52 EDT 2016
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Le 31/08/2016 à 11:33, M.-A. Lemburg a écrit :
On 31.08.2016 10:43, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:31:12 +0200 "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
I am thinking of Python users out there who are running on LTS OS releases simply because their IT doesn't let them run anything else. There is a solution nowadays, which is to use Anaconda (or Miniconda). Sure, or use ActivePython or eGenix PyRun :-)
Uh, right, I was being employer-biased here, sorry.
But is that really what we want to tell people ?
Why not? python.org does not provide official binaries for Linux or Unix systems (except OS X), and most people don't like compile their infrastructure themselves.
People who want an up-to-date Python can either use:
- use the python.org binaries on OS X and Windows
- use a recent OS providing a recent Python version (for Linux and Unix variants)
- use a vendor-supported backport on old OSes (if so provided, for example on RedHat with Software Collections?)
- use a third party-supported backport on old OSes (ActivePython, eGenix PyRun, etc.)
- as a last resort, hand-compile their Python, in which case they have to be careful to gather the required dependencies
Regards
Antoine.
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