[New-bugs-announce] [issue5461] python3 symlink

[David Ripton]

New submission from David Ripton <d+python at ripton.net>:

When Python 2.x is manually installed on Linux, a python2 symlink is
created, like this:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 24 00:03 /usr/bin/python2 -> python2.6

("make install" updates the symlink; "make altinstall" does not).

When Python 3.x is installed, no python3 symlink is created.

For Python 2.x, one had a choice of #!/usr/bin/python,
#!/usr/bin/python2, or #!/usr/bin/python2.6 for shebang line.

For Python 3.x, the middle choice is lost.  This seems like a small
regression.

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components: Installation
message_count: 1.0
messages: 83400
nosy: dripton
nosy_count: 1.0
severity: normal
status: open
title: python3 symlink
type: feature request
versions: Python 3.0, Python 3.1

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