I don't really have an opinion here, but couldn't it be made a non-breaking change by just using MELD_PYTHON if it's present, and PYTHON_HOME otherwise?
Cheers, Kai On Oct 19, 2013 1:44 PM, "Keegan Witt" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure if anyone besides me is using the feature that lets you use > your existing Python installation rather than using a separate Python > instance. I'm thinking of introducing a breaking change: instead of making > users point PYTHON_HOME to a Python installation that is compatible with > Meld, I'm thinking of using a separate environment variable (like > MELD_PYTHON) they can use to pick between however many Python installations > they have. > If we go that route, I'm thinking to add a page to the installer that lets > you copy your existing PYTHON_HOME to this new variable, and also lets you > export the Meld path to your path (both would be unchecked by default to > work with the existing defaults). > > What do you think? > > -Keegan > > _______________________________________________ > meld-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/meld-list >
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