[Nix-dev] Re: May I remove the old python code?

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Marc Weber <marco-oweber at gmx.de> writes:

>> Isn't it possible to just "nix-env -i python-2.5" and then "nix-env -i
>> wxpython-2.5" if I see fit?  Why do we have to have a wrapper in the
>> first place?
>
> Why?
>
> What happens if you upgrade python-2.5 to 2.6 ? You're old (2.5) libraries will
> still lay around.

So what?  I guess they won't be used anyway since they will still be in
some /2.5 directory, right?

Upgrading from Python 2.5 to 2.6 should just be a matter of changing
"python = python25" to "python = python26" in `all-packages.nix', no?

> You can try. But you'll have to export NIX_PYtHON_SITES to

Yet another Nix-specific environment variable?  Is it really needed?

Thanks,
Ludo'.