python -> python2.4: debian way?

[Roel Schroeven <rschroev_nospam_ml@fastmail.fm>]

Hi,

I'm wondering how I should make debian start python2.4 when I type 
python. I guess I could just modify the symlink so that /usr/bin/python 
points to /usr/bin/python2.4 instead of /usr/bin/python2.3, but I'm not 
sure that it won't screw up anything. What's the Debian way to do this?

By the way, what is the reason that Python 2.3 is the default Python 
version in Debian? Is it because Python 2.4 is not considered mature enough?

--
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on the shoulders of giants.  -- Isaac Newton

Roel Schroeven