[Python-3000] should Python 3's executable install as 'python'?
skip at pobox.com
skip at pobox.com
Wed Mar 5 23:31:48 CET 2008
Guido> I guess I wasn't clear -- I don't want there to be a target that
Guido> does what install does today. It would be a mistake to use it in
Guido> 99.99% of cases. IOW
Guido> install = altinstall
The install target does three things (ignoring Mac framework installs):
altinstall
bininstall
maninstall
The altinstall target is version-specific, so it's fine. The bininstall and
maninstall targets create files which are not obviously tied to a specific
version though. Their actions are complex enough that most people are not
going to want to do them manually though. I still think it worthwhile to
have *some* target in the Makefile which depends on altinstall and does the
bininstall and maninstall steps. Something like "makeprimary"? I don't
know. You still need some way to record all the steps necessary to make
what you're installing "right now" be considered "python".
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