Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python3': 0.05; 'that?': 0.05; 'python': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'terry': 0.09; 'curious:': 0.16; 'message- id:@dough.gmane.org': 0.16; 'out)': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'wow,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; '(in': 0.18; 'jan': 0.18; 'versions': 0.20; 'installed': 0.23; "i've": 0.23; 'linux': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'andrew': 0.27; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'install': 0.29; 'that.': 0.30; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'done': 0.34; 'stable': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'most': 0.61; 'subject:, ': 0.61; 'apt- get': 0.84; 'blast': 0.84; 'received:fios.verizon.net': 0.84; 'kat': 0.91; 'subject:skip:E 10': 0.95 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: Encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:30:44 -0400 References: <3vnfd9-343.ln1@satorlaser.homedns.org> <-8SdnVrXGqie25jNnZ2dnUVZ7qKdnZ2d@bt.com> <500573A4.2090306@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-75-251-66.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120614 Thunderbird/13.0.1 In-Reply-To: <500573A4.2090306@gmail.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1342546262 news.xs4all.nl 6845 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53519 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:25517 On 7/17/2012 10:16 AM, Andrew Berg wrote: > On 7/17/2012 9:01 AM, Lipska the Kat wrote: >> Wow, that was a blast from the past >> Just downloaded, unzipped, untarred, configured, made and installed >> python 3.2.3 ... it's YEARS since I've done this, makes me feel young again. > Most Linux distributions should have a premade package for stable Python > versions - apt-get install python3 or something like that. I am just curious: how long will it take 'most Linux distributions' to premake the even better 3.3.0 (after it comes out) and change the default python3 to that? Do any of them have a premade 3.3.0b0 available? (In some ways, it is already better than 3.2.3.) -- Terry Jan Reedy