Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:22:03 +0400 From: Dmitry Sivachenko <demon@FreeBSD.org> To: Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Dmitry Sivachenko <demon@freebsd.org>, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>, python@freebsd.org, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src@yandex.ru> Subject: Re: bin/python3 symlink for python3X ports Message-ID: <506436DB.90408@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAKBkRUxThcF3amNLBazkkdd2s9ce73u_J=q3o2EvpyLhL4GnfQ@mail.gmail.com> 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>
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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).
>
> Li-Wen
>
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.
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