[New-bugs-announce] [issue21517] installer Python default setting fails with mac Python Launcher

[Andrew Harrington]

New submission from Andrew Harrington:

I installed Python 3.4 on my Mac (OSX 10.9.2), with the option to make python 3.4 my default python3, so 
  
which python3

prints

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin/python3

which is fine.  A terminal then brings up python 3.4, fine.

However the Python Launcher uses /usr/bin/python3 and the Python 3,4 install script does not change that.  (I had it pointing to python 3.3 before, and it remained that way after installing Python 3.4.)

Since the Python Launcher is a pretty standard way to start Python, this would be nice to fix, or at least in the installer have a comment that the something more needs to be set!

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assignee: ronaldoussoren
components: Macintosh
messages: 218697
nosy: Andrew.Harrington, ronaldoussoren
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: installer Python default setting fails with mac Python Launcher
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.4

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