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

[Michael Foord]

On 05/03/2011 18:52, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 3/5/2011 12:44 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
>> On 5 March 2011 15:09, Michael Foord<fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>  wrote:
>>> On 04/03/2011 21:35, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
>>>> It would also be good if the PEP took a position on providing
>>>> pythonXY.exe binaries on Windows (with the related question of
>>>> whether it's python32w.exe, python3.2w.exe, pythonw32.exe or
>>>> pythonw3.2.exe)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I would really like to see this. We do it on other platforms, it is 
>>> useful
>>> there, it would be useful on Windows for the same reasons.
>>
>> +1. And I'm OK with python3w and python32w as a colour for the 
>> bikeshed...
>
> Except for the the spelling of color ;-)
> I agree. Let 'w' always be the last suffix.
>
Yep. (Me too, me too.)

> With that settled, there is the issue of Start menu shortcuts. I 
> thought we had agreed to put version specific labels on them so we 
> would not have, for instance, identical 'IDLE (Python GUI)' items in 
> the frequently used list. I guess that got lost without a PEP to put 
> it on. Now there is?
>
Whilst there is much we would (and possibly should) do, other issues for 
the Windows installer are out of scope for this PEP. Let's just deal 
with the issue at hand. :-)

All the best,

Michael

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