[MacPorts] #20271: python_select should create symlinks for easy_install, 2to3

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#20271: python_select should create symlinks for easy_install, 2to3
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 Reporter:  macports@…            |       Owner:  raimue@…           
     Type:  enhancement           |      Status:  assigned           
 Priority:  Normal                |   Milestone:                     
Component:  ports                 |     Version:  1.7.1              
 Keywords:                        |        Port:  python_select      
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Comment(by speed.rob@…):

 Replying to [comment:3 raimue@…]:
 > 2to3 is definitely a good idea. But I am unsure about easy_install. When
 using this application, won't it interfere with MacPorts installed modules
 and should therefore not be used? Please give advice.

 The easy_install tool is installed with setuptools regardless, creating a
 symlink would only serve to override the OS X copy (which installs modules
 into a path that the Macports-distributed Python doesn't use). In any
 case, Python was designed to have modules installed in this way. It's
 simply not reasonable to expect every python module to have a package in
 Macports.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20271#comment:5>
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