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I was wondering if you would consider making a python 3.1 build, on python.org they say it is considered stable. If not could you point me in the right direction to get information on how to build personal Salix/Slackware packages. Thank you very much. Python 3.1 source code can be found here http://python.org/downloads/.

As we want to stay compatible with Slackware, we will not upgrade python in Salix. You'll have to wait until Slackware does it.

If you still want to create a package for it for yourself, the easiest way to do it is probably to use slkbuild. Read the wiki page about it for more: http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/SLKBUILD
and also too. The first thing you need to know of course is how to compile python itself. Packaging is a step that is done after that.

Python is a Slackware package, so we won't update it ourselve. If you really want to use a newer version be warned, that this may break things.
To build a own python package you can use the official Slackbuild script of Slackware:
http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-c ... /d/python/

Get all the files from that directory and have a look into python.SlackBuild. You have to tweak the version number and probably some other things, too. After that you can run the script to build a package.

Thank you both for the speedy reply and I think I will leave python be on my desktop and play with python 3.1 on my laptop with Arch. Thenktor where are u from in Germany? I lived in Kleve for three or four months back in 1996, yes I know I am old .

Just took a look on wikipedia where Kleve is. Long distance to me I'm living in a region called Lower Franconia. See the location on the map: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterfranken

Sweet you live in Bavaria, I love it there. I had a blast in Munich, at least that is what I was told, I was drunk pretty much the entire time I was there.

Prime wrote:Sweet you live in Bavaria, I love it there. I had a blast in Munich, at least that is what I was told, I was drunk pretty much the entire time I was there.

The most beautiful part of Germany, eh.
(I'm from Munich)