On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:11 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guido> Actually I believe the conclusion was that "make install" should > Guido> be have like "make altinstall". Now that I think about it I > Guido> believe there should be *no* way to install it as just "python" > Guido> -- that's just encouraging people to do something dumb. > > Well, whoever updates the Makefile will need to update the README file as > well. I checked in a change earlier describing how to properly install > multiple versions using the altinstall target. > > If, in the future, the install target does what the altinstall target does > today, what should the target that does what the install target does today? > > (???, install) = (install, altinstall)
I guess I wasn't clear -- I don't want there to be a target that does what install does today. It would be a mistake to use it in 99.99% of cases. IOW install = altinstall -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
