Path: csiph.com!news.redatomik.org!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Scott Kitterman Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 02:10:02 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Wed Nov 2 01:00:04 2016 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FOURLA=0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -5 Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=kitterman.com; s=201409; t=1478048530; bh=ae7nE0ikXWaee92fXyw9R2nDndrpjf++vKgGs2bFR1A=; h=In-Reply-To:References:Subject:From:Date:To:From; b=DSBqq4ynT4pK0uPNsMQ+Iz1Aq6hUA4nJzP/VY378s6ivXGj6FrK53VVutDYJAt+ru AjKdj/Q/6VNy6WXz4o5MxR968JBAlRhcxsE3Lb9IddNpeXA8w7fn4FeZ4AZvm/fRng UUYM/ZaHQtQeBfB0+8FxKJaF/5XMRwLDkH71Hh7k= User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/14308 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/B15A94A8-0A11-466D-9E62-849032D697A9@kitterman.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 23 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:59:47 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <20161101102801.0350863b@subdivisions.wooz.org> <20161101171421.0368f9dc@subdivisions.wooz.org> <2202191.8VQVvDViSp@kitterma-e6430> <31ACB83D-3FF5-408E-BB71-8647D2FFC1CC@stufft.io> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:8964 On November 1, 2016 8:43:50 PM EDT, Donald Stufft wrote: > >> On Nov 1, 2016, at 6:03 PM, Scott Kitterman >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