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Re: [pygame] Python 2.6



Best to keep the python that your distribution supplies I think.

cu.

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Yanom Mobis <yanom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> thanks.
> and about installing 2.5.4 over 2.5.2?
> --- On Wed, 1/21/09René Dudfield <renesd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: René Dudfield <renesd@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [pygame] Python 2.6
> To: pygame-users@xxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 9:15 PM
>
> hi,
>
> yeah, python 2.5 is the best python at the moment -- because it's more
> portable, and there are more libraries for it.
>
> Best not to overwrite your system python, as then it could break
> system tools.  It seems new enough to use :)
>
>
> chairs,
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Yanom Mobis <yanom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Is there any good reason to switch to python 2.6, even though 2.5 is the
>> supported python on my Linux distro?
>>
>> If I do stick with Python 2.5, is it safe to override python2.5.2 with
>> python2.5.4 ( $ cd Python-2.5.4 && ./configure && make && sudo make install
>> )?
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