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Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs

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Subject	Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs
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On Nov 01, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote:

>I don't think /usr/bin/python should ever point to a python3 version.  It
>should be dropped when python2.7 is removed.  I think the existence of
>/usr/bin/python2 is a limited to a work around for a specific distros
>insanity.  There's no need to encourage it's use in Debian as that particular
>insanity hasn't and won't (as long as I'm a python*-defaults co-maintainer).
>
>P.S. But I think you already knew how I feel about it.  ;-)

Oh yes, I knew. :)

Okay, so you don't think we should ever shebang scripts to /usr/bin/python2.
Maybe lintian should warn specifically against that then?

(I still think /usr/bin/python2 is the better long term path, but I don't feel
strongly enough about it to advocate a formal transition.)

Cheers,
-Barry

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/usr/bin/python2 shebangs Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-11-01 15:30 +0100
  Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2016-11-01 16:40 +0100
    Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-11-01 22:20 +0100
      Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2016-11-01 23:10 +0100
        Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs Donald Stufft <donald@stufft.io> - 2016-11-02 01:50 +0100
          Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2016-11-02 02:10 +0100
          Python 4 and ‘python3’ (was:  /usr/bin/python2 shebangs) Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2016-11-02 04:00 +0100
            Re: Python 4 and ‘python3’ (was:  /usr/bin/python2 shebangs) Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-11-02 15:10 +0100
              Re: Python 4 and ‘python3’ Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2016-11-02 23:30 +0100
                Re: Python 4 and ‘python3’ Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-11-02 23:50 +0100
                Re: Python 4 and ‘python3’ Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2016-11-03 00:50 +0100
        Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> - 2016-11-07 11:50 +0100
          Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-11-07 16:10 +0100
            Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2016-11-07 16:30 +0100
              Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> - 2016-11-09 17:10 +0100
                Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2016-11-10 03:40 +0100

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