Re: installing python 2 and python 3 in the same profile

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

> Konrad Hinsen <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> On 14/03/2018 12:39, Hartmut Goebel wrote:
>>> Am 13.03.2018 um 22:52 schrieb Ludovic Courtès:
>>>>    2. Use different package names when we know things can be
>>>>       parallel-installed: “python2” vs. “python” (I’m talking about the
>>>>       package name, not its version string.)  That’s what distros usually
>>>>       do, and I think it’s good enough.
>>>
>>> I'd prefer this.
>>
>> That sounds like a good basis. But perhaps "python" for Python 2 and
>> "python3" for Python 3 would make more sense, since those are the
>> names of the executables.
>
> Yes. OTOH we use the “python2-” prefix for 2.x packages and “python-”
> for 3.x packages.
>
> At any rate, that’s a change we should do now in ‘core-updates’.
>
> Ricardo?

Done in a7714d42de2c3082f3609d1e63c83d703fb39cf9 and
23c0d40e1312663ef553ba7b6415a0ac483b591e on core-updates.

Thanks for the ideas!

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Ricardo

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