On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 07:09:26 PM Barry Warsaw wrote: > Alright, I obviously haven't convinced anybody, so I'll drop it. We'll let > the PEP 394 bug reports speak for themselves <wink>. But the responses I've > read so far make me think I probably wasn't clear in what I am proposing. > On Jul 25, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Piotr Ożarowski wrote: > >and you want to force an administrator who has a service using Python 2.X > >with lots of scripts with /usr/bin/python shebang to do additional work? > > Of course not. I'm not proposing that that administrators or really > any*body* has to do anything different, or even make any changes to their > stuff. I'm specifically suggesting that when dh_python2 rewrites shebang > lines, it use /usr/bin/python2 instead of /usr/bin/python, i.e. when > --no-shebang-rewrite or --shebang=COMMAND is *not* given. > > What does this mean? Upstreams don't have to change anything. Developers > and maintainers don't have to change anything. Admins don't have to change > the shebang lines on their one-off scripts. No person has to change a > thing[1]. It only means that when dh_python2 installs a script *on Debian > systems with a new enough dh_python2*, the rewritten shebang line would be > /usr/bin/python2. Nothing would happen on Wheezy for example. > > Maybe I'm being dense, but I just don't see how that's at all risky. > > But as I said, I won't push it. > -Barry > > [1] Well, Piotr would have to change one or two lines in debpython/tools.py > :)
Please don't assume that because people are disagreeing with you, it's because you weren't clear about what you were suggesting. I got it. At best it's a waste of time. Also, even if switching stuff was a good idea (and it's not), we're no where near the center of mass being close to having switched to python3: $ grep -c Package:\ python- Packages 1811 $ grep -c Package:\ python3- Packages 275 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/5171289.rfD8ml9uyy@scott-latitude-e6320
