[Scott Kitterman, 2017-08-04] > Read it. I remain completely convinced that /usr/bin/python pointing > at a python3 version is utterly wrong and a disservice to our users. > Even after we remove python2.7, people will be locally compiling it > and using it for a decade. > > Such a change would be actively user hostile. > > When python2.7 goes away, /usr/bin/python should go too. > > Before python2.7 goes away, any python3 scripts/apps need to work with > /usr/bin/python3. Making them work with /usr/bin/python too doesn't > actually help anything. All it does is look pretty for us old timers. > > I've said before and I've yet to see anything to cause me to have any > doubt on the matter, that as long as I am one of the python-defaults > maintainers, /usr/bin/python will not point at a python3 version.
same here. Way too many not packaged /usr/bin/python scripts around me -- GPG: 1D2F A898 58DA AF62 1786 2DF7 AEF6 F1A2 A745 7645
