2009/4/19 Steven Bethard <steven.beth...@gmail.com>: > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> > wrote: >> 2009/4/18 Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com>: >>> I see a few options: >>> 1. Abandon the "python" name for the 3.x series and commit to calling it >>> "python3" now and forever (i.e. actually make the decision that Mitchell >>> refers to). >> >> I believe this was decided on sometime (the sprints?). > > That's an unfortunate decision. When the 2.X line stops being > maintained (after 2.7 maybe?) we're going to be stuck with the "3" > suffix forever for the "real" Python. > > Why doesn't it make more sense to just use "python3" only for > "altinstall" and "python" for "fullinstall"?
Agreed. Personally, I'm -0 on this decision. I'd be -1 if I was a Linux user, or if I thought that it would be applied to Windows as well. As it is, my -0 is based on "it doesn't affect me, but it seems wrong to have the official name be different things depending on platform". Paul. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
