[Distutils] Having a Python package install itself under a different name

[cool-RR]

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 7:44 PM, P.J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:

> At 02:53 AM 5/28/2010 +0200, cool-RR wrote:
>
>  On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 2:36 AM, P.J. Eby <<mailto:pje at telecommunity.com>
>> pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:
>> However, as long as both versions alert the user when used on the wrong
>> Python version, they will quickly discover their mistake.  ;-)
>>
>> Yes, I thought about this too. You suggest doing that on the setup script,
>> the package itself, or both?
>>
>
> The package itself; doing it in the setup script is ridiculously hard.
>  (Not detecting the Python version, but detecting whether you're installing
> both versions to the same location.)
>

I'm not sure we're on the same page here. My intention is that Python 2.x
users will use only `garlicsim`, and Python 3.x users will use only
`garlicsim_py3`. Why would I want to detect anything beyond the Python
version in the setup script?

Ram.,
Ram Rachum
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