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Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation

From Ned Deily <nad@acm.org>
Subject Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation
Date 2014-08-12 00:18 -0700
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<CAPTjJmpFYoxnP-1W2-_8riaOz30W2LSz5Q7Ky4fBpC-BPMvA-w@mail.gmail.com>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, it only *became* contrary to recommended practice in response to
> Arch doing it and everyone seeing the issues it caused :) Personally,
> I'm glad they did. Lets those of us who follow "slower" distros (I'm
> running Debian) get the benefit of someone else's hindsight.

Well, many people thought that the problems caused by changing "python" 
to mean "python3" at this stage in its lifecycle were so obvious that 
there was no need to formalize them in a PEP.  Arch proved us wrong, 
hence PEP 394.

http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0394/

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad@acm.org

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Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-11 18:53 +0000
  Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2014-08-11 12:02 -0700
    Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-11 20:13 +0000
      Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2014-08-11 14:36 -0700
      Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 09:35 +1000
        Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-12 02:33 +0000
      Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2014-08-12 00:18 -0700
      Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation David Palao <dpalao.python@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 09:59 +0200
        Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Fabien <fabien.maussion@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 11:53 +0200
  Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 21:36 -0700
  Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 12:00 +0200
    Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-12 14:12 +0000
      Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 09:49 -0600

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