Centos – When will Red Hat fully support & ship with python 2.7

I've confirmed that the mod_wsgi package (libapache-mod-wsgi) supports both python 2.6 and 2.7. Checking /usr/lib/apache2/modules revealed the existence of both mod_wsgi.so-2.6 and mod_wsgi.so-2.7.

To install the package without having to install python 2.6 I've used apt-get download libapache2-mod-wsgi to download the package without installing, and then dpkg --force-all -i libapache2-mod-wsgi to install it by itself (i.e., without python 2.6). It automatically symlinked to the mod_wsgi.so-2.7 module.

PS: This is apparently a well known bug.

This is documented in the mod_wsgi documentation.

• http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/InstallationIssues#Mixing_32_Bit_And_64_Bit_Packages

Do what you are told to do in the documentation.