On 02/25/2013 10:31 AM, Christian Tismer wrote: > On 25.02.13 17:47, Carl Meyer wrote: >> On 02/25/2013 05:27 AM, Christian Tismer wrote: >>> Why does it ignore the otherwise clear distinction between python and >>> python3 ? >> When Vinay ported virtualenv to Python 3, we made the decision that >> since virtualenvs generally have exactly one Python interpreter of one >> version, that it would be less surprising if every virtualenv always had >> a "python", regardless of 2v3. I don't know for sure if that was the >> right choice or not. > > Well, I'm struggling quite a bit with that and would love to at least have > the option to keep things uniquely named, the same way as the > system pythons are.
I think the best argument for keeping the current behavior as the default is the potential confusion of having a virtualenv activated, typing "python", and getting an interpreter from outside the virtualenv. I think this confusion would likely be more common, if that change were made, than the reverse that you are hitting now. Carl _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
