Re: On the sensibility of portable scripts

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On 2026-04-27 10:12, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:19:09 -0000 (UTC), Lew Pitcher wrote:


>> If, for instance, you write a Perl or Python script for distribution,
>> it must not, to be useful to the intended audience, assume much more
>> than the common components of the selected language; a Python 3 script
>> won't be much use on a system that only has Python 2 installed, unless
>> it restricts itself to the subset of Python 3 syntax and features that
>> are common with Python 2.
> 
> I would not bother maintaining compatibility with any version of
> either Perl or Python that no longer gets official support from
> upstream.
> 
> For example, the last 2.x version of Python lost support over 6 years
> ago. For Python 3, the oldest currently-maintained version is 3.10.
> And going by past schedules, that will likely fall out of support
> sometime around October this year.

My system still has python 2 installed.

Scripts that I have seen do not specify versions, but they can.

#!/usr/bin/env python3

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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