Barry Warsaw <ba...@debian.org> wrote: >On Jul 24, 2013, at 01:32 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > >>Jakub Wilk <jw...@debian.org> wrote: >>>* Barry Warsaw <ba...@debian.org>, 2013-07-24, 12:38: >>>>In any case, it's come up that PEP 394 recommends distros start >>>>adopting shebang lines that state /usr/bin/python2 in their scripts, > >>>>and I don't think we do this yet. We should! >>> >>>We absolutely should not. >> >>Definitely not. The entire notion that /usr/bin/python should point >at >>python3 anytime soon is nuts. Do it when python2.7 is removed from >the >>archive, not before. If you aren't going to do that switch, >/usr/bin/python2 >>is meaningless other than as a workaround for people who care about >Arch. >>Since upstream now ships /usr/bin/python2 we should too (and we do for >>Jessie), but there's no good reason for us to be using it. > >Can you or Jakub elaborate on *why* you think it's a bad idea? I can't >see >how it hurts. Setting aside the Python 3 transition, and in light of >the >recommendations of PEP 394: > >* It doesn't break anything. As you say, we already ship >/usr/bin/python2, so >everything that works with #!/usr/bin/python will continue to work with >#!/usr/bin/python2. You can still override the shebang line with >whatever > executable you want, of course. > >* Nobody probably even cares. How many people care what's in the >shebang line >of scripts? I bet the fraction of users that have looked at the lines >is > pretty low (it was a while before we finally agreed to stop shipping > #!/usr/bin/env python). > >Note that no one is saying that /usr/bin/python should change to >python3 *any >time soon*. I don't put 2+ years away as any time soon (given that I >agree >upstream Python shouldn't even consider changing the recommendation >before >Python 2.7 goes into security-only mode in May 2015). > >So I guess I'd turn it around and say there's no good reason for us >*not* to >do it, but maybe I'm overlooking something.
Don't we have more important things to worry about? It only matters at all if one is contemplating switching the /usr/bin/python symlink to python3. We aren't, so let's not change something just to change it. When does security support for python2.7 end? Scott K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/da791c2c-eca6-44be-8537-e49d2c1f2...@email.android.com
