No, Python2 was delayed due to GPL-incompatibility problems.
No, Python2 was delayed due to GPL-incompatibility problems.
Posted May 11, 2007 2:16 UTC (Fri) by dwheeler (guest, #1216)Parent article: Episodes from the evolution of Fedora
No, I think Python 2's introduction was delayed because of GPL-incompatibility concerns. <a href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-February...">
Here's a sample post of discussions about Python 2 licensing</a>
(not specific to Red Hat in this case, but you can see that it WAS an issue.
Posted May 17, 2007 22:26 UTC (Thu)
by gvy (guest, #11981)
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Posted May 22, 2007 17:24 UTC (Tue)
by k8to (guest, #15413)
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It was anaconda, and the principle anaconda developer having departed.
IIRC they couldn't get Anaconda that easy onto 2.x too.maybe but...
Python2's introduction was delayed long after these concerns were resolved. The "problem" window persisted for six months or so, but Red Hat shipped out of date pythons for 3-4 years.No, Python2 was delayed due to GPL-incompatibility problems.