Repeated from above in case you missed it. Red Hat now offers Python 2.7 and 3.3 via a new mechanism called Software Collections. Other languages (Ruby, PHP, Perl, Node.js) and databases (MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL) too. Read an introduction here: http://developerblog.redhat.com/2013/09/12/rhscl1-ga/ [redhat.com] With Software Collections, you can install different versions of Python (e.g 2.6, 2.7, 3.3) along side each other and avoid collision.

Since you asked. :) Red Hat now offers Python 2.7 and 3.3 via a new mechanism called Software Collections. Other languages (Ruby, PHP, Perl, Node.js) and databases (MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL) too. Read an introduction here: http://developerblog.redhat.com/2013/09/12/rhscl1-ga/ With Software Collections, you can install different versions of Python (e.g 2.6, 2.7, 3.3) along side each other and avoid collision.