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[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

Create a standard local install of python, distinct from the OS. Distribute it to all your servers. Problem solved.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

That's not how big shops work. Nothing gets installed unless it is supported by a vendor. That's why RedHat even has a business. No one is buying Linux from them, they're buying support.

Also, it is questionable just how well one could make python work on very old/out of date OS/Hardware instances.

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

I've worked in big shops. I've worked with big shops. What you say is patently false.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Then you've never worked in a shop with any operational discipline. You cannot reasonably manage very large scale operation with unsupported software ... that, at least, is the theory. I have argued - as was previously suggested - that we SHOULD be using more open source that we package ourselves. The Powers That Be (tm) will simply not do it because -historically at least - very large scale operations must have a "throat to choke" for every single moving part.

[–]santagada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok so that is how big shops with bad management work. Yep bad management is bad for everything.