[LLVMdev] Python version requirement for LLVM

[Mehdi Amini]

On 6/26/14, 11:03 AM, Gregory Szorc wrote:
> On 6/26/14, 8:22 AM, Eli Bendersky wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc at gmail.com
>> <mailto:gregory.szorc at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     As much as I like killing support for Python 2.6 and below, RHEL is
>>     usually the blocker. They still have 2.4 under support. Only the
>>     RHEL that was released a few weeks ago finally has 2.7.
>>
>>
>> Given the amount of complexity required to build LLVM & Clang (having
>> the right compiler & libstdc++ installed), compared to the 3 minutes it
>> typically takes to install any Python version on any Linux box, these
>> limitations always strike me as silly. But I gave up on this fight some
>> time ago.
>
> I got slashdotted arguing the same [1][2] :) I really wish the Python 
> Project officially distributed a (statically linked) CPython 
> distribution suitable for userland install via merely unarchiving. 
> That would go a long way towards silencing the valid "I don't have 
> permissions" and "I can't compile it" complaints. Maybe I'll propose 
> that on python-dev right now...
I believe conda is solving all that nicely (and it works fine on redhat 
from what they say)

http://conda.pydata.org/

Mehdi