RELEASED Python 2.4 (final)

[Anthony Baxter]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:05:55 -0500, Dave Merrill <dmerrillq at usaq.netq> wrote:
> Newb question: Is it possible/recommended  to have multiple versions of
> Python installed simultaneously? Earlier, I installed 2.4rc1, and a number
> of things in my 2.3.3 install stopped working. Are there known techniques
> for managing multiple versions?

If you're building from source, use 'make altinstall' rather than
'make install'.
This will install Python as $prefix/bin/python2.4, and leave the
'python' executable
alone.