Python and Ubuntu versions

[Rabin Yasharzadehe]

Many tools in the os are based on Perl or Python,
so I won't recommend changing the base version which comes with the OS.

Go with containers (e.g docker), and decuple the code from the os.


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Rabin


‪On Fri, 23 Jul 2021 at 05:53, ‫אורי‬‎ <uri at speedy.net> wrote:‬

> Hi,
>
> I have a production server with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (currently upgraded
> to Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS) and I use Python in virtualenv - currently Python
> 3.6.9. I'm using Django and I read that from Django 4.0, a minimal version
> of Python 3.8 will be required. I would like to know how I use the latest
> version of Python (3.10 or 3.9) with my production server - do I have to
> reinstall a new server with the latest Ubuntu LTS version? Or do I have to
> upgrade my current server's Ubuntu version by upgrading the same machine?
> Or should I keep the Ubuntu version and only upgrade Python? I'm also using
> other software such as PostgreSQL which is currently psql (PostgreSQL)
> 10.17 (Ubuntu 10.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1). Should I upgrade this too? And what
> is the risk that things will not work after I upgrade this?
>
> Thanks,
> אורי
> uri at speedy.net
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