[2010-01] a script downloading python from svn, they're moving off that

installPytho.bash

#!/bin/bash
version="${1:-"3.0"}"
release="${2:-"rc1"}"

repository="http://svn.python.org/projects/python/r${version//./}"
directory="python$version$release"

NUL="/dev/null"

if python$version --version &> "$NUL"; then
	echo -n "Current $version-series release installed: "
	python$version --version
	echo
fi

echo "Installing Python $version$release"
echo
echo "Downloading release through Subversion..."

if svn co "$repository" "$directory" > "$NUL"; then
	cd "$directory"
	
	if (./configure; make) > "$NUL"; then
		echo "altinstalling: requires sudo"
		
		sudo make altinstall
	else
		echo "Build or configure failed."
	fi
	
	cd ..
else
	echo "Download failed."
fi