Hi Scott (2015.04.15_02:17:18_+0200) > >Upstream Python's direction for Python paths is in favor of explicitly > >numbered > >/usr/bin/python2 and /usr/bin/python3. In support of this, rough > >consensus in > >the room is that /usr/bin/python should likely be removed *entirely* > >from > >shebangs (though not from the distro). > > Unless we are also removing /usr/bin/python, why does this matter? > Unless there will be cases where /usr/bin/python2 exists while > /usr/bin/python doesn't, I don't see what this does?
Very little. But it makes it clear that Python 2's days are numbered. And opens the door to doing something else with /usr/bin/python, when we've exorcised Python 2 from the archive. Upstream cpython recommends this in PEP394, and other distros are following suit. Alignment is useful, whether or not the change is a massive win for us. There's a long discussion in https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2014-September/136374.html That didn't have much in the way of conclusion. SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ +1 415 683 3272 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150415151752.gc3...@bach.rivera.co.za
