[Pythonmac-SIG] messed up Tiger python install

[Bob Ippolito]

On Sep 12, 2005, at 12:41 AM, Jack Nutting wrote:

> On 9/12/05, Robert Kern <rkern at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> Brendan Simons wrote:
> > Alternatively, can the path be modified by the 2.4 install script?
>
> No. Installers that do that kind of thing garner well-earned derision.
>
>
> Actually, I think that an installer that *asks* if you want it to  
> do so would be quite acceptable.  Something like:
>
> "Version 2.4.1 of python has now been installed in /usr/local/bin.   
> You probably want to use this new version as the default python, so  
> that other python-using programs will find it instead of the built- 
> in version.  I can take care of this by putting /usr/local/bin/ at  
> the front of your shell path.  Should I do this for you?"
>
> That way, those of us who are accustomed to managing our own path  
> can do so ourselves, while newbies will get it taken care of for them.

Patches accepted at http://sourceforge.net/projects/python :)

-bob