Re: bin/pip3.12 or bin/pip-3.12

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%gatalith.at@localhost>]

On Tue, May 06, 2025 at 04:27:20PM +0200, Dr. Thomas Orgis wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> part of my infrastructure stumbled over 2025Q1 now providing
> 
> bin/pip-X.Y
> 
> instead of
> 
> bin/pipX.Y

That was actually changed in June 2024, so probably 2024Q2.

> Why that change (at least since 2023Q4)? Lots of scripts expect
> pythonX.Y, pythonX.Y-config, pipX.Y … but wheel-X.Y, virtualenv-X.Y.
> It's what it is, what is usual on distros I work with. Changing the
> naming causes unnecessary hurt.
> 
> I humbly suggest a diff like the below to revert this change. Is
> anything inside pkgsrc depending on the naming of pip?

I don't really care one way or the other, but if you do so, don't
forget to update the name in the ALTERNATIVES file.

In general, I recommend installing pkg_alternatives, then you'll have
an unversioned 'pip' (and 'pip3') executable.
 Thomas