On Tue, 6 Jan 2015 23:56:30 +1000 Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5 January 2015 at 18:17, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 5 January 2015 at 01:20, Steve Dower <steve.do...@microsoft.com> wrote: > >> I think this means the best way to make multiple versions work properly is > >> to rename python.exe to python3.5.exe, then install the launcher as > >> python.exe and python3.exe (with some logic to look at its own name) so it > >> can resolve the right version. Maybe we can even extend the launcher to > >> resolve launchers in Scripts (pip.exe, etc.) and have consistent rules > >> there too? > > > > This was a big debate over on distutils-sig. I advocated "py -m pip" > > for portable use, but got basically nowhere. People want "pip" to > > work, for compatibility with Unix (and hence ease of documentation). > > "pip" is problematic on Linux as well (due to the pip/pip3 split at > the system level). Hence this section in the stdlib docs: > https://docs.python.org/3/installing/#work-with-multiple-versions-of-python-installed-in-parallel Why doesn't it recommend "pip3.4", etc. instead? Am I missing something about it? Thanks Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
