On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Moshe Zadka wrote: > On Wed, 07 Feb 2001 02:39:11 -0500, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > The binaries should be called python1.5 and python2.0, and python > > should be a symlink to whatever is the default one. > > No they shouldn't. Joey Hess wrote to debian-python about the problems > such a scheme caused when Perl5.005 and Perl 5.6 tried to coexist.
Maybe that needs to be explained again, in real simple terms. My understanding is that it was a problem with the programs not properly identifying which version of Perl they need, if any. - Bruce
