[oi-dev] Can I still install older perl and python?

[Alexander Pyhalov]

On 05/12/17 04:40 PM, Gordon Ross wrote:
> Well, when a package is made "obsolete" by another (newer) one, we're
> telling the packaging system that the newer one is a compatible
> replacement for the older one, right?  In this case, that's not true.
> Python 2.7 is not a compatible replacement for Python 2.6.  With it
> marked obsolete, IPS actually makes it difficult to install the older
> version along side.  I think that's a mistake.
>
> Would it not have been enough to remove Python 2.6 from the userland
> consolidation?
> (so it's only installed if I actually ask for it?)
>
> Disappointed...
>

The issue is with old systems. We actually want to remove it from old 
installations, as it's EOLed and not maintained. userland-incorporation 
is not related to what packages are installed. Delivering python 2.6 in 
2017? Who does do it?
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Best regards,
Alexander Pyhalov,
system administrator of Southern Federal University IT department