On 07/17/2013 04:54 PM, Robert Collins wrote: > On 18 July 2013 08:48, Chris Jones <cmsj at tenshu.net> wrote: >> Hi >> >> On 17 July 2013 21:27, Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net> wrote: >>> >>> Surely thats fixable by having a /opt/ install of Python2.7 built for RHEL >>> ? That would make life soooo much easier for all concerned, and is super >> >> >> Possibly not easier for those tasked with keeping OS security patches up to >> date, which is part of what a RHEL customer is paying Red Hat a bunch of >> money to do. > > I totally agree, which is why it would make sense for Red Hat to > supply the build of Python 2.7 :). FYI, http://developerblog.redhat.com/2013/06/05/red-hat-software-collections-1-0-beta-now-available/ (TL;DR : Red Hat Software Collections is a way to get newer versions of Python and some other software on RHEL 6. It's still in beta though.) -- David Ripton Red Hat dripton at redhat.com