RE: switching to Python 2

[Shprentz, J. [C] <Shp...@ni...>]

Will Partain wrote:
> I propose that, from 1st January 2003, we require Python 2
> for ARK, and try *very hard* to get by with nothing but the
> builtin 'minidom'.

Wearing my Sun Solaris administrator hat, I concur.  Python 2 is just one
more arbitrary prerequisite to load (we use it here anyway).

Wearing my Redhat Linux administrator hat, I hesitate.  I believe that
Redhat continues to include Python 1.5.2 in its distributions.  Of course,
anyone who could productively use Arusha should be able to find and install
Python 2.

One suggestion:  Don't assume that Python 2 will have a binary named python.
Many sites have both Python 1.? and Python 2.? installed, with the newer
version named python2 or python2.2.  Yes, I know most names are configurable
in Arusha, but arkcmd begins

    #! /usr/bin/env python

--Joel