Any news on a Salix OS Mate64-14.2 ?

Thx for replay
Yes I know that many packages will be broken
that is why I'm asking for a little help with the
list &
order
of the packages that need to be rebuild against the new python
I need this version of python for a class I'm taken I don't want to use some other distro just for python

Could anyone help me with this
What is the package order for rebuild so that I can upgrade python to 2.7.2

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"Nonfree Firmware

Some applications and drivers require firmware to function, and sometimes that firmware is distributed only in object code form, under a nonfree license. We call these firmware programs “blobs.” On most GNU/Linux systems, you'll typically find these accompanying some ...

any change of a GNU salix-libre edition
possible a gnome or as a kde version
using the libre-kernel
icecat
icedove
etc...

I found this .sh tried to edit it
Getting some errors with my edit package rebuild not working
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
#!/bin/bash
# Script name: rollyourown.sh
# Parts of script is from Mr. Sherman and ...

Absolute Linux
is 100% compatible with Slackware x86