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Re: Safest way to set python3 as default for `python`

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Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org> writes:

> There's a reasonable number of things in /usr/bin with "#!/usr/bin/env
> python" that would be unhappy with this configuration.

I don't think binaries in /usr/bin should be using "#!/usr/bin/env
python". These will also break with virtualenvs. Packaged programs in
Debian should be using /usr/bin/python*.

Having said that, I can confirm you are correct, this does appear to be
common.
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>

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Safest way to set python3 as default for `python` Bastian Venthur <venthur@debian.org> - 2018-07-16 09:50 +0200
  Re: Safest way to set python3 as default for `python` Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> - 2018-07-16 13:30 +0200
    Re: Safest way to set python3 as default for `python` Bastian Venthur <venthur@debian.org> - 2018-07-16 17:20 +0200
  Re: Safest way to set python3 as default for `python` Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2018-07-18 03:40 +0200
    Re: Safest way to set python3 as default for `python` Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org> - 2018-07-18 11:10 +0200
      Re: Safest way to set python3 as default for `python` Brian May <bam@debian.org> - 2018-07-19 09:30 +0200
  Re: Safest way to set python3 as default for `python` Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox@ubuntu.com> - 2018-07-18 14:10 +0200

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