On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 04:16:06PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > Hi, Hello
> > Thanks for raising this important topic. > > What I've been doing up to now, is renaming "foo" into "python3-foo" and > "python2-foo", then I use update-alternatives to provide /usr/bin/foo, > with the python2 version having the priority. Sometimes I've even used > "foo-python3" and "foo-python2" (and I feel bad about my lack of > consistency, though since we have no defined standards...). > Though I'm seeing that you just add a "3" to the python3 version, which > in some way works well too. Though do you also add a "2" for the python2 > version? Do you use update-alternatives? No I do not have a 2 for the current script. I think that I should have a spyder2.7 and a link to spyder -> spyder2.7 like python2.6 python2.7 and python I considere that spyder3 is not equivalent to spyder2 so I do not want to use the alternatives for this purpose. > > Also, I've experienced that using update-alternatives the correct way is > somehow counter-intuitive and badly documented (see: #71621). I never try to use this system since I am not very confortable with it. > > Thoughts anyone? What would you consider best practice? Yes opinions of other would be interesing. See you Fred -- GPG public key 4096R/4696E015 2011-02-14 fingerprint = E92E 7E6E 9E9D A6B1 AA31 39DC 5632 906F 4696 E015 uid Picca Frédéric-Emmanuel <pi...@synchrotron-soleil.fr> GPG public key 1024D/A59B1171 2009-08-11 fingerprint = 1688 A3D6 F0BD E4DF 2E6B 06AA B6A9 BA6A A59B 1171 uid Picca Frédéric-Emmanuel <pi...@debian.org> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140205083104.ga21...@synchrotron-soleil.fr