Python 2.7 released

[Martin v. Loewis]

Am 08.07.2010 04:17, schrieb imageguy:
> 
>> I, too, have multiple versions installed -- newer ones for running code
>> I haven't upgraded; older ones for compatibility testing where needed.
>> I just install to the default c:\pythonxy directories (although I like
>> the idea of a common root) and I put NTFS hardlinks into my general
>> c:\tools directory which is on the path. The out-of-context hardlinks
>> work because of the registry settings which pick up the correct context
>> for each version.
> 
> Sorry to be daft here, but what do you mean by a "hardlink" ?
> A windows "Shortcut" ?
> 

No, he means a hardlink (file system level directory entries pointing to
the same MFT record number), as created by "fsutil hardlink",
"mklink /H", or Cygwin "ln".

Regards,
Martin