[Pythonmac-SIG] Python 2.4.1 not replacing earlier versions.

[Bob Ippolito]

On Sep 2, 2005, at 2:52 PM, Chris Barker wrote:

> Just to add my $0.02 for completeness:
>
> I think the standard installers put a "python2.4" as well as  "python"
> in usr/local/bin. If they don't, they should, and until then, you can
> put in a link yourself:

Of course the standard installers make this link.  What they are  
missing (the framework ones anyway) is a link for pydoc, and all of  
them are missing a versioned pydoc binary.  This matters less now,  
because python2.4 -mpydoc <name> works just fine, and python2.4  
`which pydoc` <name> also works fine (for versions of python earlier  
than 2.4, also).

> I really wish specifying the version would become standard practice in
> python development.

That cuts both ways, for a lot of scripts you don't give a damn which  
python it is and changing the hash-bang every time you upgrade is a  
pain.

If you use distutils to install your scripts, your job is done.  It  
translates #!/usr/bin/env python to #!/usr/local/bin/python2.4 or  
whatever is the appropriate way to point to the exact same python  
that was used for distutils.

-bob