On Wednesday, April 13, 2011 03:06:17 PM Philipp Kern wrote: > On 2011-04-13, Piotr Ożarowski <pi...@debian.org> wrote: > > [Barry Warsaw, 2011-04-13] > > > >> On Apr 13, 2011, at 10:00 AM, Michael Gilbert wrote: > >> >I think it makes more sense to have a release or two where users can > >> >fall back on python2. Well there needs to be at least one > >> >where /usr/bin/python becomes python3 alerting users to the change and > >> >giving them the python2 fallback, just so they have time to be prepared > >> >for the permanent change. > >> > >> I do agree that we could add the python2 symlink now so that folks who > >> want to prepare can start changing their #! lines to use > >> /usr/bin/python2. > > > > what's the point? /usr/bin/python2 will not work either when we'll drop > > support for Python 2.X. How about providing python3-foo packages as > > soon as possible (to make it easier to migrate) instead of wasting time > > on /usr/bin/python2 mess? > > Given that other distributions will also pick up python2 due to PEP-0394 it > doesn't feel like wasted time if we want to foster cross-distro > compatibility.
So far the PEP is just a draft. I suspect something like this will eventually get approved. When that happens (and upstream figures out how they will ship /usr/bin/python2 within python2.7) then I think that's a good point. For now, I think it's premature. Scott K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201104131528.05052.deb...@kitterman.com
