[Scons-dev] plan for python3 port?

[Chris BeHanna]

On Sep 5, 2013, at 7:43 AM, Russel Winder <russel at winder.org.uk> wrote:


> On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 10:12 +0000, Tom Tanner (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON) wrote:

>> Those of us who aren't so active and are still on python 2.6 are going to be less happy, especially if we aren't entirely in control of which version of python we get to use.

> 

> << I thought I had replied to this, but cannot see it. If an earlier

> version turns up, sorry for the duplication. >>

> 

> RHEL appears determined to stay with Python 2.6 and I guess many other

> have to as well. I was originally for the 2.7 floor to get at all the

> backports of 3.3 stuff as and when. However if there are many SCons

> users in need of executing on 2.6, and now that we know many projects

> who are being Python 2 and Python 3 compliant are choosing 2.6, 2.7 and

> 3.3+ as their compliance list and succeeding (*), I wonder if SCons

> should revert the 2.7 floor decision and consider a 2.6 floor decision.


	virtualenv to the rescue.  Install python 2.7 in /usr/local, create an scons virtualenv with it, and you're good to go.

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Chris BeHanna
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