[Python-3000] Install python-3000 as python3

[Guido van Rossum]

No, no, no!  *Eventually* Python 3.0 will just be "python". Until
then, it needs to be "python3.0".

Long agon, Red Hat installed Python 2 as "python2" instead of "python"
and it led to endless problems.

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Smith-Rowland, Edward M
<ESmith-rowland at alionscience.com> wrote:
>
> When I try to install python-3.0rcN I get the following warning:
>
> running install_egg_info
> Writing /usr/local/lib/python3.0/lib-dynload/Python-3.0rc2-py3.0.egg-info
> * Note: not installed as 'python'.
> * Use 'make fullinstall' to install as 'python'.
> * However, 'make fullinstall' is discouraged,
> * as it will clobber your Python 2.x installation.
>
> Not clobbering my python-2.* install is all well and good.  python-3.0 is installed as expected.
>
> It would be nice to have a generic way to call python-3 though.
>
> Suggestion: Use python3 as the generic install target for python-3.*
> Then all subsequent python-3.* installs would get sent there (in addition to python-3.m.n)
>
> If no python2 exists you could either go ahead and use that for python3.
> Or you could leave the python just for 2.
>
> Ed
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