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Re: installing python 2 and python 3 in the same profile
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: installing python 2 and python 3 in the same profile |
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Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:11:48 +0100 |
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Hi,
Konrad Hinsen <address@hidden> skribis:
> On 14/03/2018 12:39, Hartmut Goebel wrote:
>> Am 13.03.2018 um 22:52 schrieb Ludovic Courtès:
>>> 2. Use different package names when we know things can be
>>> parallel-installed: “python2” vs. “python” (I’m talking about the
>>> package name, not its version string.) That’s what distros usually
>>> do, and I think it’s good enough.
>>
>> I'd prefer this.
>
> That sounds like a good basis. But perhaps "python" for Python 2 and
> "python3" for Python 3 would make more sense, since those are the
> names of the executables.
Yes. OTOH we use the “python2-” prefix for 2.x packages and “python-”
for 3.x packages.
At any rate, that’s a change we should do now in ‘core-updates’.
Ricardo?
> This does of course raise the question of how this will evolve in the
> long run, but since so many bad decisions were already taken, I am not
> trying to guess what will happen. For now, the upstream recommendation
> remains to use "python" and "python3" to distinguish the
> executables. But what will happen in 2020? The Python community might
> be tempted to change the naming to mark the end of Python 2 support,
> but that would be at the price of another round of breaking
> everybody's scripts.
Not our business I’d say. :-)
Ludo’.
Re: installing python 2 and python 3 in the same profile, Hartmut Goebel, 2018/03/11
Re: installing python 2 and python 3 in the same profile, Ludovic Courtès, 2018/03/13