On November 1, 2016 8:43:50 PM EDT, Donald Stufft <don...@stufft.io> wrote: > >> On Nov 1, 2016, at 6:03 PM, Scott Kitterman <deb...@kitterman.com> >wrote: >> >> Even after python2.7 is removed from Debian, there will still be >users who >> keep a local copy because they couldn't migrate things due to >$REASONS. Re- >> using /usr/bin/python for a python3 version won't accomplish anything >more >> than gratuitously break such setups. > > >/usr/bin/python3 being Python 4.x is a bit weird though, and it’s >likely that Python 4.x is not going to be another break the world >release.
It's true that it's less pretty to ditch /usr/bin/python, but I'll take the slightly uglier approach if it keeps local python installs from breaking. YMMV. Scott K
