[Python-Dev] Python and the Linux Standard Base (LSB)
Talin
talin at acm.org
Thu Nov 30 15:49:16 CET 2006
Barry Warsaw wrote:
>> On the "easy_install" naming front, how about "layegg"?
>
> I think I once proposed "hatch" but that may not be quite the right
> word (where's Ken M when you need him? :).
I really don't like all these "cute" names, simply because they are
obscure. Names that only make sense once you've gotten the joke may be
self-gratifying but not good HCI.
How about:
python -M install
Or maybe we could even lobby to get:
python --install
as a synonym of the above?
-- Talin
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