On 10/19/2018 3:03 AM, Anders Wegge Keller wrote:
Short and simple: Do you expect PEP 394 to change status or
recommendation when official support for Python2 ends in 13½ months time, or
at least some time thereafter?
For those that don't have the habit of memorizing PEPs, 394 is the one
stating
* python2 will refer to some version of Python 2.x.
* python3 will refer to some version of Python 3.x.
* for the time being, all distributions should ensure that python, if
installed, refers to the same target as python2, unless the user
deliberately overrides this or a virtual environment is active.
This only applies to *nix.
On Windows, there is a better solution: the py launcher.
> py # launches the most most recent version installed*
> py -x # launches the most recent x.y
> py -x.y # launches x.y if installed, else lists installed versions
* At first, 2.x took precedence over 3.x, but this has since been switched.
I believe at least one core developer is working to port this to *nix.
I believe at least some core developers hope that this will make 394
obsolete.
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