Error setting python34 to python
Ned Deily
nad at acm.org
Thu Mar 6 14:44:26 PST 2014
In article <nad-5C4801.14272706032014 at news.gmane.org>,
Ned Deily <nad at acm.org> wrote:
> The vestigial "pythonw" symlink synonyms for "python" have been removed
> upstream in python3.4. It looks like "port select" needs to be changed
> to accommodate that.
I've opened MacPorts ticket #42746 for this ...
> You should also be careful about setting "python" to a Python 3 variant.
> That's not recommended as many Python packages still assume that
> "python" refers to a Python 2 variant. "port select" should provide a
> "python3" name as well and, ideally, for future compatibility, a
> "python2" one as well so that someday "python" can mean "python3", all
> as recommended in Python PEP 394.
... and #42747 for this.
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Ned Deily,
nad at acm.org
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