[Python-Dev] [PEPs] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

[Michael Foord]

On 05/03/2011 14:22, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> [snip...]
>> Martin has also indicated that making appropriate changes to the Windows
>> installer would not be difficult if we agree that changing the 2.7
>> maintenance branch in this way is appropriate.
> True, it's only the more exotic ideas (like trying to do something
> about the PYTHON* variables or file associations) that become an
> issue.

Right. But those are issues *anyway* and are orthogonal to this 
particular one. (And in the case of PYTHON* environment variables not 
restricted to windows and not addressed by this PEP for any platform.)


> Simply supporting having a python3 version and a python2
> version on PATH at the same time could work by duplicating the main
> executables (using "python2w" and "python3w" for the non-console
> variants), with the sysadmin effectively choosing the preferred
> version of the installed versions based on the directory order in
> PATH.
Yes. I would also like to see python27.exe and python32.exe (etc) but 
that may be a step too far (although Martin was open to it we'll have to 
see what final agreement we come to).

All the best,

Michael
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>


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