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

[Guido van Rossum]

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:31 PM,  <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
>
>     Guido> I guess I wasn't clear -- I don't want there to be a target that
>     Guido> does what install does today. It would be a mistake to use it in
>     Guido> 99.99% of cases. IOW
>
>     Guido>   install = altinstall
>
>  The install target does three things (ignoring Mac framework installs):
>
>     altinstall
>     bininstall
>     maninstall
>
>  The altinstall target is version-specific, so it's fine.  The bininstall and
>  maninstall targets create files which are not obviously tied to a specific
>  version though.  Their actions are complex enough that most people are not
>  going to want to do them manually though.  I still think it worthwhile to
>  have *some* target in the Makefile which depends on altinstall and does the
>  bininstall and maninstall steps.  Something like "makeprimary"?  I don't
>  know.  You still need some way to record all the steps necessary to make
>  what you're installing "right now" be considered "python".

Let them type "make altinstall bininstall maninstall".

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