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[Python-Dev] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

Glenn Linderman v+python at g.nevcal.com
Fri Mar 4 23:11:22 CET 2011 
On 3/4/2011 1:35 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
> I'd still like the PEP to tell me whether it's python3w.exe or
> pythonw3.exe (and yes, that's bikeshedding - so somebody just tell
> me). It would also be good if the PEP took a position on providing
> pythonXY.exe binaries on Windows (with the related question of
> whether it's python32w.exe, python3.2w.exe, pythonw32.exe or pythonw3.2.exe)

I agree the PEP should address these issues.  And since it is 
bikeshedding, as you say, I'm happy to just follow along.

I see no particular advantage to any of the choices, except that both 
"w", and ".exe" are Windows-only things, so making it "just like Unix" + 
Windows-only things would seem more convenient, in some ways.  So I'll 
start the voting for

python VERSION [w] .exe

as the windows sequence.  Whatever form of VERSION, with or without 
dots, is done for Unix seems good for Windows too, as far as I can tell.
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