[Python-3000] should Python 3's executable install as 'python'?

[Guido van Rossum]

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:11 AM,  <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
>
>     Guido> Actually I believe the conclusion was that "make install" should
>     Guido> be have like "make altinstall". Now that I think about it I
>     Guido> believe there should be *no* way to install it as just "python"
>     Guido> -- that's just encouraging people to do something dumb.
>
>  Well, whoever updates the Makefile will need to update the README file as
>  well.  I checked in a change earlier describing how to properly install
>  multiple versions using the altinstall target.
>
>  If, in the future, the install target does what the altinstall target does
>  today, what should the target that does what the install target does today?
>
>     (???, install) = (install, altinstall)

I guess I wasn't clear -- I don't want there to be a target that does
what install does today. It would be a mistake to use it in 99.99% of
cases. IOW

  install = altinstall

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