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Python 4 and ‘python3’ (was: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs)

From Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.maint.python
Subject Python 4 and ‘python3’ (was: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs)
Date 2016-11-02 04:00 +0100
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Donald Stufft <donald@stufft.io> writes:

> /usr/bin/python3 being Python 4.x is a bit weird though

Seriously? Who is proposing that?

> and it’s likely that Python 4.x is not going to be another break the
> world release.

Certainly the command ‘python3’ should only ever point to the Python 3
interpreter.

If upstream ever releases a “Python 4” but expects the interpreter for
that to also be named ‘python3’, I think we can declare upstream to be
directly courting user pain, and secede on behalf of our users.

-- 
 \        “[It's] best to confuse only one issue at a time.” —Brian W. |
  `\  Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie, _The C programming language_, 1988 |
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Ben Finney

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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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