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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation |
| Date | 2014-08-12 02:33 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <lsbudg$aij$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <lsb3g4$p0s$3@reader1.panix.com> <mailman.12862.1407783736.18130.python-list@python.org> <lsb84u$21c$1@reader1.panix.com> <nad-163E5E.14364611082014@news.gmane.org> <mailman.12873.1407800165.18130.python-list@python.org> |
On 2014-08-11, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 7:36 AM, Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> wrote: >> In article <lsb84u$21c$1@reader1.panix.com>, >> Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>> Apparently. Perhaps theres an "enable LSB compliance" option >>> somewhere in the Arch install docs, but I didn't see it... >> >> Also beware that, unlike most other distributions and contrary to >> recommended practice, Arch has chosen to make Python 3 its default, >> that is, when everything is installed, `python` invokes `python3`, >> rather than `python2`. So you may need to change shebang lines in >> scripts, etc. >> >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/python I noticed that when I told it to install "python" it wanted to install 3.4 before I told it "no". > Well, it only *became* contrary to recommended practice in response > to Arch doing it and everyone seeing the issues it caused :) > Personally, I'm glad they did. Lets those of us who follow "slower" > distros (I'm running Debian) get the benefit of someone else's > hindsight. At the moment, I only have python2 installed and have manually set up symlinks so that typing "python" does what the rest of the world (including me) expects. -- Grant
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Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-11 18:53 +0000
Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2014-08-11 12:02 -0700
Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-11 20:13 +0000
Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2014-08-11 14:36 -0700
Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 09:35 +1000
Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-12 02:33 +0000
Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2014-08-12 00:18 -0700
Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation David Palao <dpalao.python@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 09:59 +0200
Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Fabien <fabien.maussion@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 11:53 +0200
Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 21:36 -0700
Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 12:00 +0200
Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-12 14:12 +0000
Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 09:49 -0600
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