On 29 Mar 2014 06:20, "Vinay Sajip" vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Does anyone have any thoughts?
Note that there is one situation where scripts for multiple Python
versions reside in the same directory: per-user site-packages (PEP 370). If you install a package which has scripts and you don't write versioned scripts, a second installation of that package (with a different Python version) will cause the first script to be overwritten. Much of the time this won't matter, but there might be scenarios where it does.
It may also give a problem when uninstalling, or when verifying the
installation (as the hash of an overwritten script may not match what's expected, as per the original installation).
To avoid overwriting, one would need to write versioned scripts *only* :-)
Speaking of which, it's worth describing exactly what we had to do for ensurepip. That has 3 configurations:
POSIX system default: pip3, pip3.4 Windows & venv default: pip, pip3, pip3.4 Alt install: pip3.4
There's currently an issue where "make altinstall && make install" is slightly broken, as it won't add the missing "pip3" command.
So consider me in the school that suggests this be a standard installer feature that can be applied to any entry point script, rather than something that varies by project.
Cheers, Nick.
Regards,
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