[pydotorg-www] Fwd: Add pyenv to download page

[Noah Kantrowitz]

On Aug 22, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Michael Foord wrote:

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> On 22 Aug 2013, at 19:44, Noah Kantrowitz <noah at coderanger.net> wrote:
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>> On Aug 22, 2013, at 6:41 AM, Michael Foord wrote:
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>>> Begin forwarded message:
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>>>> From: Nick Jensen <jensen.nick at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Add pyenv to download page
>>>> Date: 22 August 2013 16:18:06 EEST
>>>> To: webmaster at python.org
>>>> Cc: Nick Jensen <jensen.nick at gmail.com>, yamashita at geishatokyo.com
>>>> 
>>>> Good morning!
>>>> 
>>>> I think that a link to the pyenv project should be be added to the Python Download page, perhaps under the "Other parties have re-packaged CPython" section.
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>>>> The entry could appear as:
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>>>> * Pyenv (pyenv lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python)
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>>>> 
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> 
>>>> Nick Jensen
>>>> 
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>> Strong -1 due to name collision with the pyenv in py3.
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> Ah, I assumed this *was* the pyenv that was bundled in py3 but also available separately (I thought).
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> I agree that the name clash makes it confusing and unsuitable for linking to from the downloads page.
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> Michael

I think they are asking about https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv, which is a Python port of the Ruby rbenv tool, so I see where the name came from just unfortunate that it collides :(

--Noah

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