[Pythonmac-SIG] Status of Python 3.0 for Mac?

[Christopher Barker]

Dav Clark wrote:
>> It's easy to have two or three Python installations.  They all sit in 
>> different directories and don't mess with each other.
> 
> Not entirely true.  For example, anything that compiles against python 
> with a bare "-framework Python" flag will grab the (I think) Current dir 
> from /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions

True, but "Current" is just a symlink to a particular version - it's 
easy to put it back -- that's what I've done with 2.6 -- it's installed, 
but not set as current.

-Chris



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