[AG-TECH] Any word on Ubuntu and Python 2.7?

[Kevin Cole]

Hi,

I just added another machine to our "posse" / "harem" / "commune", and
since it was a fresh install, I installed Oneiric (11.10).  And then, when
things behaved oddly, I saw this on the University of Queensland's site:

"Can't access ANL venue server. Actually, the connection is partial -
connected venues are visible but media and jabber text services aren't
started correctly. Interestingly, other venue servers, e.g. APAG, can be
connected to OK. The issue appears to be related to the Python version
being used in the client systems; up to python2.6 appears OK, while
python2.7 (on Oneiric, Natty & Fedora 14) have the connection problem."

With a Long Term Support (LTS) release coming up in a couple of months, I
was planning to upgrade all of my machines to that, including the AG3
computers that are currently doing fine.  Any details on what makes Python
2.7 not tick?  (I've got some stuff moving into the 3.x version. So, it
seems 2.6 is getting a bit long in the tooth.)

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