Re: Packaging, supporting both 2.1 and 2.2

[Ricardo Javier Cardenes Medina <rcardenes@debian.org>]

On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 04:34:18AM -0000, Moshe Zadka wrote:
> 
> > 1a) as 1), but also provide foo symlink for python (default).
> 
> this makes sense....I can just put the symlink in python2.1-foo-bin and
> move the symlinks when a python default change.

Or you can use the update-alternatives tool we have and leave to it the
task of doing the symlink, so you can provide:

  - python2.1-foo
  - python2.2-foo
  - ...
  - pythonX-Y-foo

each one with a /usr/bin/foo-X.Y symlinked (through alternatives) by
/usr/bin/foo. No need then for pythonX.Y-foo-bin if you don't want it.
That also ensures your users will be able to install _both_ versions and
to decide which 'binary' use as the default, while still being able to
run the other by it's full name if they want.

Regards,
	Ricardo


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