Yep, unfortunately, which is why the follow-up post (http://eli.thegreenplace.ne...

eliben on Oct 13, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: It’s time for Python 2.7

Yep, unfortunately, which is why the follow-up post (http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2011/10/10/installing-python-2-...) came. Had Ubuntu 10.04 given me Python 2.7 with the usual `apt-get install`, there would be no need to install it from source.