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Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs

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From Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>
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Subject Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs
Date Wed, 02 Nov 2016 02:10:02 +0100
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On November 1, 2016 8:43:50 PM EDT, Donald Stufft <donald@stufft.io> wrote:
>
>> On Nov 1, 2016, at 6:03 PM, Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>
>wrote:
>> 
>> Even after python2.7 is removed from Debian, there will still be
>users who 
>> keep a local copy because they couldn't migrate things due to
>$REASONS.  Re-
>> using /usr/bin/python for a python3 version won't accomplish anything
>more 
>> than gratuitously break such setups.
>
>
>/usr/bin/python3 being Python 4.x is a bit weird though, and it’s
>likely that Python 4.x is not going to be another break the world
>release.

It's true that it's less pretty to ditch /usr/bin/python, but I'll take the slightly uglier approach if it keeps local python installs from breaking.  YMMV.

Scott K

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  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
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              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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