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From: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
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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