[ovs-dev] installing Python 2.7 on Xenserver (was: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Increase prerequisite from Python 2.4 to Python 2.7.)

[Ben Pfaff]

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 06:59:17AM -0400, Andy Hill wrote:
> I don't think it's too difficult, there just needs to be a well known
> location where it's installed. It's unclear if we'll have to do the
> installation or a newer version of Python will be available with a
> XenServer update.
> 
> Specifically ovs-xapi-sync[1] will need an update to point to the new
> python location if the system python isn't updated.

Right, that's easy enough for us to do.

Hmm, do we install anything else Python-based on hypervisors?  If not,
then we could just rewrite ovs-xapi-sync in C and punt on the whole
Python version issue for XenServer.

> I've pointed Citrix to this mailing list thread.

Thanks for that.  I used to have good XenServer contacts at Citrix but
no longer do.