From 4eae572af62b5db58da6a6920cc27aa863748c3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: yashwanth-95 Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 12:22:40 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: fix minor typos in README --- README.rst | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 1d2874e9ca4fdc..5463ee50035fc2 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ Contributing to CPython ----------------------- For more complete instructions on contributing to CPython development, -see the `Developer Guide`_. +see the `Developer's Guide`_. -.. _Developer Guide: https://devguide.python.org/ +.. _Developer's Guide: https://devguide.python.org/ Using Python ------------ @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ additional third-party libraries, depending on your build platform and configure options. Not all standard library modules are buildable or usable on all platforms. Refer to the `Install dependencies `_ -section of the `Developer Guide`_ for current detailed information on +section of the `Developer's Guide`_ for current detailed information on dependencies for various Linux distributions and macOS. On macOS, there are additional configure and build options related @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ accounting of changes can only be gleaned from the `commit history `_. If you want to install multiple versions of Python, see the section below -entitled "Installing multiple versions". +entitled "Installing Multiple Versions". Documentation @@ -186,17 +186,17 @@ that command to show the issue. See `Running & Writing Tests `_ for more on running tests. -Installing multiple versions +Installing Multiple Versions ---------------------------- -On Unix and Mac systems if you intend to install multiple versions of Python +On Unix and macOS systems, if you intend to install multiple versions of Python using the same installation prefix (``--prefix`` argument to the configure -script) you must take care that your primary python executable is not +script), you must take care that your primary python executable is not overwritten by the installation of a different version. All files and directories installed using ``make altinstall`` contain the major and minor version and can thus live side-by-side. ``make install`` also creates -``${prefix}/bin/python3`` which refers to ``${prefix}/bin/python3.X``. If you -intend to install multiple versions using the same prefix you must decide which +``${prefix}/bin/python3`` which refers to ``${prefix}/bin/python3.X``. +If you intend to install multiple versions using the same prefix, you must decide which version (if any) is your "primary" version. Install that version using ``make install``. Install all other versions using ``make altinstall``.