Re: [Webware-discuss] Choosing a python version - python vs python2 vs python2.2

[Aaron H. <aa...@Me...>]

I like leaving it as Python, I also run apps on Gentoo linux, windows, 
and FreeBSD where python2.2 is python.

But you are right, this will cause grief for most new users, specially 
ones w/ hosted linux server - most of which are RedHat

-Aaron

Stuart Donaldson wrote:
> On RedHat 7.3, python is version 1.5.2, but they also install python2 and
> python2.2 which reference python version 2.2.
> 
> However, the Webware system launches python via one of the following
> techniques.
> 
>   #!/usr/bin/env python
>  -or-
>   #!/usr/bin/python
>  -or as in AppServer-
>   /usr/bin/env python
> 
> All are references python without the version numbering.  The options using
> "/usr/bin/env" are overridable by inserting a directory containing the 2.2
> version of python as "python" at the beginning of your path.  However, the
> absolute reference version is not modifiable.
> 
> I see this as a problem area for a new person trying to install webware.
> But what is the best general solution?
> 
>  RedHat obviously hasn't seen fit to abandon python1.5.2, many of their
> configuration scripts use python.
> 
> +Should Webware use "python2"?  Is this standard in most python
> installations?
> 
> +Should the install.py script (which detects an incorrect version) be
> updated to change the invocation commands to python2 if necessary?
> 
> +Should the PATH override be the standard way to do this, and the
> "/usr/bin/python" references be upgraded to "/usr/bin/env python"?
> 
> I need to resolve this for myself, in my use of Webware.  However I would
> rather use, or at least be compatible with whatever the general solution to
> the problem is.
> ---
> Stuart Donaldson
> 
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