Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > I ought to remember why because I remember I was involved. (And I have > a feeling that the change Antoine dug up was just a refactoring,
You are correct. I checked Python 1.5.2 and it also creates hard links (prior to Makefile overhaul). > The best I can come up with is that when it's a hard link, you can > replace either "python" or "python2.1" with another version without > disturbing the other. So, I don't think anyone has a good argument for the status quo. A symlink would make more sense to me. Neil _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
