> I don't see anything particularly bogging here. > It's always like this when you have multiple versions of the same > software on the system. There's only one PATH, after all. > > Heck, *the mere fact that Python allows to work like this is already a > huge leap forward.* **Doing this cross-platform with exactly the same > steps is something few could believe was even possible a couple of years > ago!**
I agree. > > To simplify things with Python, i do the following: > * use the system's Python whenever possible So python 2.7 on mac and some linux or none for windows... > * if using something else, only install the one version/environment that > I'm using day-to-day and add it to PATH (system's if safe & convenient, > personal otherwise) > * prefer the system's/environment's package manager to pip to install > 3rd-party modules, too, if there is one. We can't solve the situation perfectly, but we can unify a bit. E.G: - provide the "py" command on all OSes to avoid the various naming and aliases of python - promote it in documentation - promote the use of py -x.x -m pip instead of the myriads of alternatives - provide an empty pip and venv module. If they are not here, py -m pip says "your plateform doesn't provide pip by default, please do xxxxx" to install it. With "xxxx" being plateform specific. - check "add python executable to system path" on the windows installer once by defaut _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
