On Nov 01, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote: >I don't think /usr/bin/python should ever point to a python3 version. It >should be dropped when python2.7 is removed. I think the existence of >/usr/bin/python2 is a limited to a work around for a specific distros >insanity. There's no need to encourage it's use in Debian as that particular >insanity hasn't and won't (as long as I'm a python*-defaults co-maintainer). > >P.S. But I think you already knew how I feel about it. ;-)
Oh yes, I knew. :) Okay, so you don't think we should ever shebang scripts to /usr/bin/python2. Maybe lintian should warn specifically against that then? (I still think /usr/bin/python2 is the better long term path, but I don't feel strongly enough about it to advocate a formal transition.) Cheers, -Barry
