Path: csiph.com!goblin3!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Diane Trout Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: MBF for deprecating Python2 usage Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 00:00:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Mon Aug 7 21:52:59 2017 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-12 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, PGPSIGNATURE=-5] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -6.1 X-Greylist: delayed 897 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at bendel; Mon, 07 Aug 2017 21:52:43 UTC Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-ryst1KkYBAMd3ma32kEk" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.22.6-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/15104 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/1502142757.2351.35.camel@ghic.org Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 49 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:52:37 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <1502142757.2351.35.camel@ghic.org> X-Original-References: <3109A909-3338-4717-BFD2-D65E9206FD7F@debian.org> <9614BFBC-E260-48A6-B722-DDD41E715A20@kitterman.com> <92E6FF73-391C-45FE-A213-6AAED284629D@debian.org> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:9723 --=-ryst1KkYBAMd3ma32kEk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > * Plan for a date at which /usr/bin/python will point to Python 3.=C2=A0= =C2=A0I > know that=E2=80=99s the most controversial bit, but I do think that as ti= me > goes on and we=E2=80=99re past 2020, it will be the choice that gives our > users the best experience. I agree the default should change. Perhaps when launching via the command "python" the interpreter could hint python2 was available? Something like: $ python Python 3.5.4rc1 (default, Jul 25 2017, 08:53:34)=C2=A0 [GCC 6.4.0 20170704] on linux Type "python2" for Python 2.7.13 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>=C2=A0 Diane --=-ryst1KkYBAMd3ma32kEk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEETQVcMeSBIEX5AQ11mQ04NnM013AFAlmI4SUACgkQmQ04NnM0 13C7lg//cbTe06Za3bxy+1lpj6+2m0tMi4DxXkoamHE/xROGXVB/Frdgp+hH8rJq tMKaofQNZMOILcOIJWzqe5gRlaN/toFVRD3HsKD+V5oMxHeTBJZ3flUZc3fcrCqX XNCSw0Z3F2Kq6gRaA2BegNncWFHKqHw9j1AQhWyQlSRyJcscc3r5VmQDvANThA/A aboO/sl5/pmfDmJHwLys4W9swlWjFPnxFOKmaaTBy51tY4bSG4qw8jePz/d+lMAm V4dYu5Q37kYu6+LKTI5rotMI5QgDeu0nziXXfjJlXvjqJ3rpQob1Wch3IMYVIhUd M4xG6uDaNTVKtgLSAJw85WVg2blHQuVT5WpAFqCYUa885DLHqGJzqITrPDFukk5A sWld6xB3ddr4X4jD1nTgoMXxTa+CW6V0vFgOQ29jDseClSK3MlqLtUnlKm+Dbk+i ypvqke2AKP+bAyzl/Tipp2tqU74ss8wqcSYYEwC57qqskF5vc66K9arq3aj6mPew exrNtulYSGdY0AqaUuzV+gcDLa5TkQ77Q8L98EhpxW71lKjPQt0rbKS1XLvvRwqg hC/xkjO9+XpKLvwhoYhCQninlqgmcbYT8KdI589Ez78jpsy08VUwLrIH2Jv2zJA/ vYagJzBqxn0eL9I0JDpoSFSSNIcQ/g7QPalp0GfOfNl+6R6prBw= =n6Em -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-ryst1KkYBAMd3ma32kEk--