[Python-Dev] #!/usr/bin/env python --> python3 where applicable

[Ned Deily]

In article <49EAB0C2.8040506 at gmail.com>,
 Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Steven Bethard wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Note that such an approach would then require an altaltinstall command
> >> in order to be able to install a specific version of python 3.x without
> >> changing the python3 alias (e.g. installing 3.2 without overriding 3.1).
> > 
> > I wasn't suggesting that there shouldn't be a "python3.1",
> > "python3.2", etc. I'm more concerned about "fullinstall" creating
> > "python3" instead of regular "python".
> 
> If I understand Tony's summary correctly, the situation after Benjamin's
> latest checkin is as follows:
> 
> 2.x altinstall:
>   - installs python2.x executable
> 
> 2.x fullinstall (default for "make install"):
>   - installs python2.x executable
>   - adjusts (or creates) python symlink to new executable
> 
> 3.x altinstall (default for "make install"):
>   - installs python3.x executable
>   - adjusts (or creates) python3 symlink to new executable
> 
> 3.x fullinstall:
>   - installs python3.x executable
>   - adjusts (or creates) python3 symlink to new executable
>   - adjusts (or creates) python symlink to new executable

Note that versioning is also an unresolved issue for the scripts 
installed by setup.py; pydoc, idle, 2to3, and smtpd.py.   See:

http://bugs.python.org/issue5756

Whatever is implemented for python itself should likely apply to them as 
well.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org