[issue21517] installer Python default setting fails with mac Python Launcher

2014-05-17 Thread Andrew Harrington
Andrew Harrington added the comment: I see not messing with /usr/bin. Your note about Python Launcher would be a nice addition to the Mac installer notes. I would encourage that before closing this. On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 1:57 AM, Ned Deily wrote: > > Ned Deily added the comment: > > Python

[issue21517] installer Python default setting fails with mac Python Launcher

2014-05-16 Thread Ned Deily
Ned Deily added the comment: Python.org installers do not install anything to /usr/bin; they do, by default, install symbolic links in /usr/local/bin. Python 3 installers set the symlink "/usr/local/bin/python3" to the most recently installed version. The Python Launcher app has several open

[issue21517] installer Python default setting fails with mac Python Launcher

2014-05-16 Thread Andrew Harrington
New submission from Andrew Harrington: I installed Python 3.4 on my Mac (OSX 10.9.2), with the option to make python 3.4 my default python3, so which python3 prints /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin/python3 which is fine. A terminal then brings up python 3.4, fine. H