Adding shims to an installation

[garytyler]

Does the scoop cli include a command for adding shims to an installation? Or creating custom shims? I would like to add version appendages to my python installations. For example: python2 -> python27, python2.7. Is there a recommended way to go about it?

Sorry if this has been asked before! I looked and couldn't find anything.

[r15ch13]

If you installed python from main/python and versions/python27 then python3 and python2 shims should already exist.

[garytyler]

@r15ch13 Both python3 and python2 do exist, so I'm hoping to add the other variations, most particularly python2.7 and python3.7, to reflect a typical python CI environment expected by the test automation software tox. I usually copy the existing shims, but was just wondering if there is another solution. I know there is the version switcher functionality, and adding the shims might be more involved than just entering them into the manifests, but would you consider a PR for that? If the intention here is to just keep things simple, that's completely understandable. Thanks for the reply, and for this great tool!