On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Smith-Rowland, Edward M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for your reply. > I didn't mean to instigate or revive a problem ;-) > I guess when python-3.* is python we'll have python-2.* installed. > > I guess I forsee a significant amount of time when we'll need both versions > overlapping. > I just would like a way to have a fixed target for python-2.* as versions get > bumped there. > That's more the issue I guess.
You can solve that locally however you want to. But in practice most code is tied to a particular minor version (e.g. 2.5, 2.6), not just to a major version, so your #! line should probably be #!/usr/bin/env python3.0 or whatever version you know works. > Ed > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Guido van Rossum > Sent: Fri 11/14/2008 10:24 AM > To: Smith-Rowland, Edward M > Cc: python-3000@python.org > Subject: Re: [Python-3000] Install python-3000 as python3 > > No, no, no! *Eventually* Python 3.0 will just be "python". Until > then, it needs to be "python3.0". > > Long agon, Red Hat installed Python 2 as "python2" instead of "python" > and it led to endless problems. > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Smith-Rowland, Edward M > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> When I try to install python-3.0rcN I get the following warning: >> >> running install_egg_info >> Writing /usr/local/lib/python3.0/lib-dynload/Python-3.0rc2-py3.0.egg-info >> * Note: not installed as 'python'. >> * Use 'make fullinstall' to install as 'python'. >> * However, 'make fullinstall' is discouraged, >> * as it will clobber your Python 2.x installation. >> >> Not clobbering my python-2.* install is all well and good. python-3.0 is >> installed as expected. >> >> It would be nice to have a generic way to call python-3 though. >> >> Suggestion: Use python3 as the generic install target for python-3.* >> Then all subsequent python-3.* installs would get sent there (in addition to >> python-3.m.n) >> >> If no python2 exists you could either go ahead and use that for python3. >> Or you could leave the python just for 2. >> >> Ed >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/guido%40python.org >> > > > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) > > -- --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
