Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 01:39:46 +0800 From: Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Dmitry Sivachenko <demon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>, python@freebsd.org, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src@yandex.ru> Subject: Re: bin/python3 symlink for python3X ports Message-ID: <20121001173946.GB4939@FreeBSD.cs.nctu.edu.tw> In-Reply-To: <506436DB.90408@FreeBSD.org> References: <5062AAEA.4000401@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo838ZysqxVHPuj6_M223ohanPWRoqc2mwePNeBYbGa2OfRQ@mail.gmail.com> <5062C5CB.4060109@yandex.ru> <5062C769.6090305@FreeBSD.org> <5062C8CE.701@yandex.ru> <5062E478.8020000@FreeBSD.org> <CAKBkRUxThcF3amNLBazkkdd2s9ce73u_J=q3o2EvpyLhL4GnfQ@mail.gmail.com> <506436DB.90408@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 15:22:03 +0400, Dmitry Sivachenko wrote:
> On 26.09.2012 17:00, Li-Wen Hsu wrote:
> >
> > I think this patch is good. And I am thinking about also modifying
> > other lang/python{2,3}X ports, thus we may need to beware of
> > confliction on bin/python{2,3} between lang/python2X or lang/python3X
> > ports. It is not so common but still possible to have more then one
> > lang/python2X or lang/python3X ports installed. Maybe we can use the
> > same logic of bin/python installation (first wins).
> >
>
> I beleive that the vast majority of python[23] users will be fine with the
> latest version of the relevant branch.
> Considered that and also not to over complicate things I propose to make
> python2/python3 symlink only for the latest version: python2 -> python2.7
> and python3 -> python3.2 for now.
>
> And leave python31, python25, python26 untouched. Users who really need older
> versions of python should explicitly require python version during startup.
>
> If it is OK for you, I can work out the final patch.
I think it's OK, and one more this might be helpful in the future is
adding a condition like:
.if ${PYTHON_VERSION} == ${PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION}
then install the symlink.
Thanks for working on this, I am looking forward to your patch.
--
Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org>
http://lwhsu.org
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