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Subject: Re: how to build and install multiple micro-level major.minor versions of Python
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On Apr 29, 2014, at 11:53 , Brent S. Elmer Ph.D. <webe3vt@aim.com> =
wrote:
> Yes, I already use --prefix to build to a different path.  I guess =
that
> is what I need to do but I would rather have a way to have the build =
and
> install process install to the micro level.

Python deliberately does not provide a way to install to the micro level =
as an important "contract" in the Python maintenance and release process =
is to maintain ABI compatibility among maintenance (i.j.k) releases in =
the same major release series (i.j).  We sometimes fail in that but we =
do try really hard to make it painless to move from i.j.k to i.j.x.  =
That's also why we only supply fixes for the most recent micro release.

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