Kerrick Staley <kerr...@kerrickstaley.com> wrote: >Please install /usr/bin/python2 as part of the default Debian install. >It >still doesn't exist on 7.1, which prevents scripts with a shebang of >#!/usr/bin/python2 from running. > >Note that the following matters (which have derailed previous threads >on >this topic) are irrelevant to this request: >- whether Debian scripts should switch to /usr/bin/python2 instead of >/usr/bin/python >- whether /usr/bin/python should currently be Python 3 >- whether /usr/bin/python should ever be Python 3 >- whether Python 2 will ever be deprecated >- whether Arch switching /usr/bin/python to Python 3 was a bad idea >- whether Arch is stupid > >Regardless of any of the above, adding /usr/bin/python2 is definitely a >Good Thing and will Benefit Users, because there are an increasing >number >of scripts in the wild using #!/usr/bin/python2. It's also the Upstream >Recommendation.
It's an accident it wasn't provided in wheezy, but I don't think it's the kind of bug that's suitable for a post-release fix. It's already in Testing, so there's not more to do now. There are many, many systems from many different distributions that don't have /usr/bin/python2. Script authors that want their work to be portable shouldn't assume it exists. That's true independent of if we fix the in Wheezy or not. 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/7fc2bc78-849e-4f2e-a898-e29431733...@email.android.com
