[petsc-dev] Python version

[Jed Brown]

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Karl Rupp <rupp at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> Hi Jed,
>
> interesting, thanks for sharing. I don't think that there is a significant
> difference for PETSc users, since most Python installations come from
> package repositories (as shown on the page). On clusters I'd say that there
> is a slight bias towards older versions in general, not just Python.
>

The article has massive selection bias: all people surveyed are actively
using Python in their work. Many PETSc users don't write Python at all,
PETSc is just using it for the build. If latter population was as
up-to-date as these astro folks, we'd be able to drop compatibility for
10-year old versions of Python and upgrade a lot of cruddy code.


>
> Best regards,
> Karli
>
>
>
> On 02/04/2013 07:06 PM, Jed Brown wrote:
>
>> Astro is doing a great job of staying up to date. I wonder what the
>> version distribution looks like for PETSc users.
>>
>> http://astrofrog.github.com/**blog/2013/01/13/what-python-**
>> installations-are-scientists-**using/<http://astrofrog.github.com/blog/2013/01/13/what-python-installations-are-scientists-using/>
>>
>
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