Ubuntu python version

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 01:24:09AM +0100, Vincenzo Di Massa wrote:

> Hoary has python2.4 and 2.3
> I installed both but apt get refuses to install packages depending on python 
> <=2.4

Packages depending on python <= 2.4 should install fine.  Did you mean 2.3?

> Is this a  known python/ubuntu problem? If the python2.3 package can be 
> installed the packages requiring it should find it! Maybe the python2.3 
> package needs some fix.

The python2.3 package is not the same as version 2.3 of the python package.
If you are encountering problems in this area, it is because some
unsupported packages have not yet made the transition to cope with python
2.4 as the default python version.  The universe maintenance team is working
on this, but they could surely use more help.

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 - mdz