[Python-Dev] PEP 394 request for pronouncement (python2 symlink in *nix systems)

[Ned Deily]

I'm away from the source for the next 36 hours.  I'll reply with patches by Saturday morning.
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  Ned Deily
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 ..... Original Message .......
On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:01:39 +0100 ""Martin v. Löwis"" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>> There are two issues that I know of for OS X.  One is just getting a 
>> python2 symlink into the bin directory of a framework build.  That's 
>> easy.
>
>Where exactly in the Makefile is that reflected? ISTM that the current
>patch already covers that, since the framwork* targets are not concerned
>with the bin directory.
>
>> The other is managing symlinks (python, python2, and python3) 
>> across framework bin directories; currently there's no infrastructure 
>> for that.  That part will probably have to wait until PyCon.
>
>What is the "framework bin directory"? The links are proposed for
>/usr/local/bin resp. /usr/bin. The proposed patch already manages
>these links across releases (the most recent install wins).
>
>If you are concerned about multiple feature releases: this is not an
>issue, since the links are just proposed for Python 2.7 (distributions
>may also add them for 2.6 and earlier, but we are not going to make
>a release in that direction).
>
>It may be that the PEP becomes irrelevant before it is widely accepted:
>if the sole remaining Python 2 version is 2.7, users may just as well
>refer to python2 as python2.7.
>
>Regards,
>Martin