[Python-Dev] Add python.exe to PATH environment variable

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Thu Sep 4 02:15:21 CEST 2008


M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> However, always having the latest version on PATH is not
> an option either, since e.g. I wouldn't want all .py scripts
> to be run by Python 3.0 just because I installed it for
> testing purposes.

Keep in mind that the normal installation process on
unix *does* make "python" refer to the most recently
installed version, at least for 2.x, and it's not
considered a problem there.

In the case of 3.0, didn't we decide not to do that?

-- 
Greg


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