Christian Heimes wrote: > Mike Meyer wrote: >> -2 on using the shebang line for this. The 2.X version-specific >> binaries are python2.X, so to use that, you'd have to make the shebang >> line invoke python2.X. Right now, if you upgrade an installation from >> 2.X to 2.X+1, you can expect most of the scripts to work assuming you >> take do care to install the same module set. Requiring explicit minor >> versions breaks that. > > I'm on Mike's side here. There is no need to fix the Unix (and Mac OS X) > side of the problem because it was never broken in the first place. > > The only problematic environment is (as usual) Windows. Windows has no > shebang and python.exe is most likely not in PATH. One has to go through > the registry to find Python 2.x and its executable. > > For Windows the Python stdlib should get some means of starting a script > with a well defined Python version without relying on the file > extension. One possible way is to assign the .py and .pyw extension with > a small wrapper program written in C which parses the #! shebang line, > gets the right python.exe from the registry and starts the script with it. > > Another way is a new Python extension (maybe .pys for python start) for > ini file like startup files:
I like .pst better, or maybe reuse .pth files? Ron > --- > [Python] > version=2.5,2.6 > module=myprogram.main > gui=True > > [Env] > pythonpath=.. > --- > > The file causes the startup program to search for 2.5 and 2.6 in the > registry. It sets the env var PYTHONPATH to .. (relative to the location > of the file) and starts the program with pythonw.exe -m "myprogram.main". > > Christian > > _______________________________________________ > Python-3000 mailing list > Python-3000@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/rrr%40ronadam.com > _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
