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Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python

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Subject	Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python
Date	Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:40:04 +0100
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On 11/12/25 17:13, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 10:49:08AM -0500, Antoine Beaupré wrote:
> 
>> I think we should do this for Debian 14 (forky), and stop shipping
>> python3 altogether in Debian 15 (?).
>>
>> Thoughts?
> 
> If possible, please make the transition to be smooth
> (i.e. not another gcc-15 or CMake 4).

please stop the ranting.  This has nothing to do on the python ML, and 
you could raise your concerns in a more civilized way on appropriate 
channels.

thanks, Matthias

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/usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@debian.org> - 2025-11-12 17:00 +0100
  Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2025-11-12 17:20 +0100
    Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> - 2025-11-12 18:40 +0100
      Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2025-11-12 19:00 +0100
  Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python Jerome Kieffer <Jerome.Kieffer@esrf.fr> - 2025-11-12 18:10 +0100
  Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org> - 2025-11-12 18:30 +0100
    Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> - 2025-11-12 18:50 +0100
  Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2025-11-13 17:30 +0100
    Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> - 2025-11-13 22:20 +0100
  Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python Michael Kesper <michael@familie-kesper.de> - 2025-11-14 18:00 +0100
    Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python Michael Kesper <michael@familie-kesper.de> - 2025-11-14 18:50 +0100
      Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python Alexandru Mihail <alexandru.mihail2897@gmail.com> - 2025-11-14 20:10 +0100
  Re: /usr/bin/python3 deprecation and enforcing /usr/bin/python Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org> - 2025-11-14 19:00 +0100

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