[Distutils] Versioned entry points

[Tres Seaver]

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On 03/28/2014 01:18 PM, Vinay Sajip 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* :-)

Heh, sounds like a call for Underdog^W:

  $ python setup.py altinstall


Tres.
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