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by: Mats Wichmann - Sun, 14 May 2023 19:48 UTC

On 5/14/23 13:00, Grizzy Adams via Python-list wrote:
> Sunday, May 14, 2023 at 11:11, Mats Wichmann wrote:
> Re: PythonPath / sys.path (at least in part)
>
>> On 5/14/23 10:43, Barry wrote:
>
>>> I take it you have business reasons to use an obsolete version python.
>>> Where did you get your version of python from?
>
>> In fact, a *nine* year old version of Python that reached end-of-life
>> four years ago.
>
>> Just sayin'
>
>> Python version shouldn't have anything to do with the sys.path, though.
>
> I must have slept a while
>
> Python 3.4.10 (default, Jul 14 2019, 14:41:03) [MSC v.1600 32 bit (Intel)] on
> win32
>
> Actually I did have 3..4.3 when I asked the question (first time) because I
> could only find 3.4.10 as src and did not feel I was able to compile it with
> any certainty ;->)
>
> I have since moved up (a little) so only ~4 years old, I then updated pip from
> 9.x to 19.1
>
> reason its an old version is it's an old PC (XpPro), if I start to get passable

yes, it's true that 3.4 was the last release supported on XP, so that's
a pretty good reason (of course we can ask why still running XP, but I
do understand old machines...)

> at this I will try it on my Ubuntu box which is running 22.04 (latest LTS) and
> 23.04, (23.10 daily builds soon) I took a look and it seems I "may" have to
> play a little to get IDLE on (if it's not in the normal repo's)

IDLE is still supported, you shouldn't have any trouble getting it.

https://packages.ubuntu.com/lunar/idle

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