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wjimenez5271
Asked: 2014-08-02 09:59:49 +0800 CST

When will Red Hat fully support & ship with python 2.7

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I realize there might not be a direct answer to this question, but I am wondering if there are any communicated expectations of when this will happen or if anyone can comment on the challenges involved. I understand for instance yum is a major dependency on 2.6, but curious in what ways 2.7 is incompatible.

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  1. Best Answer

    RHEL 7 includes Python 2.7 and has been out for a while already.

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  2. Not only is RHEL 7 supporting and shipping python 2.7, but from RHEL 6.4 and onwards python 2.7 is available through "Software collections".

    From Red Hat Software Collections 1.0 product documentation:

    With the notable exception of Node.js, all Red Hat Software Collections components are fully supported under Red Hat Enterprise Linux Subscription Level Agreements, are functionally complete, and are intended for production use.

    This set includes python 2.7 installed in parallel with the version provided by default, installed under /opt.

    There are more software in there worth noting like PostgreSQL 9.2 and Perl 5.16.3.

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