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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Subject: Re: installing python 2 and python 3 in the same profile
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:59:56 +0100
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To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> skribis:
>
>> On 14/03/2018 12:39, Hartmut Goebel wrote:
>>> Am 13.03.2018 um 22:52 schrieb Ludovic Court=C3=A8s:
>>>>    2. Use different package names when we know things can be
>>>>       parallel-installed: =E2=80=9Cpython2=E2=80=9D vs. =E2=80=9Cpytho=
n=E2=80=9D (I=E2=80=99m talking about the
>>>>       package name, not its version string.)  That=E2=80=99s what dist=
ros usually
>>>>       do, and I think it=E2=80=99s 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 =E2=80=9Cpython2-=E2=80=9D prefix for 2.x packages a=
nd =E2=80=9Cpython-=E2=80=9D
> for 3.x packages.
>
> At any rate, that=E2=80=99s a change we should do now in =E2=80=98core-up=
dates=E2=80=99.
>
> Ricardo?

Done in a7714d42de2c3082f3609d1e63c83d703fb39cf9 and
23c0d40e1312663ef553ba7b6415a0ac483b591e on core-updates.

Thanks for the ideas!

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Ricardo

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