[Python-3000] should Python 3's executable install as 'python'?
Nick Coghlan
ncoghlan at gmail.com
Wed Mar 5 22:40:39 CET 2008
Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 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
Leaving it up to packagers for the different distributions to decide if
they want to add the 'python' symlink? That sounds reasonable to me.
Does this apply to 2.6 as well, or just 3.0?
Cheers,
Nick.
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