Is this going to break anything? Is there anything I would need to keep in mind if I do uninstall the older versions?
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Is this going to break anything? Is there anything I would need to keep in mind if I do uninstall the older versions?
Personally, I would keep both around (and when upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04, I did). The problem is that there are still a lot of libs which are only in Python 2.x. The good news is that they are decreasing in number/prominence, but too much relies on the older way of doing things to reliably remove it.
If you feel more courageous than I, install a Py3k version and then change the
#!/usr/bin/env pythonvariable to reflect Py3k and then see what breaks (and I am almost positive something will), but personally, I am perfectly fine using#!/usr/bin/env python3for a while longer.I HIGHLY recommend that you keep a 2.6 >= Python < 3 version around for a while though, because I will bet money that it will break things if you remove it.