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Thu Sep 4 02:15:21 CEST 2008 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-September/082194.html

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> However, always having the latest version on PATH is not
> an option either, since e.g. I wouldn't want all .py scripts
> to be run by Python 3.0 just because I installed it for
> testing purposes.

Keep in mind that the normal installation process on
unix *does* make "python" refer to the most recently
installed version, at least for 2.x, and it's not
considered a problem there.

In the case of 3.0, didn't we decide not to do that?

-- 
Greg

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