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

Oleg Broytmann phd at phd.pp.ru
Wed Mar 5 20:13:46 CET 2008


On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:39:16AM -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Actually I believe the conclusion was that "make install" should be
> have like "make altinstall". Now that I think about it I believe there
> should be *no* way to install it as just "python" -- that's just
> encouraging people to do something dumb.

install: altinstall
   echo "Your python is now $(INSTALLPATH)/python$(MAJOR).$(MINOR)"

Oleg.
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