Re: /usr/bin/python2 shebangs
On Nov 01, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>I don't think /usr/bin/python should ever point to a python3 version. It
>should be dropped when python2.7 is removed. I think the existence of
>/usr/bin/python2 is a limited to a work around for a specific distros
>insanity. There's no need to encourage it's use in Debian as that particular
>insanity hasn't and won't (as long as I'm a python*-defaults co-maintainer).
>
>P.S. But I think you already knew how I feel about it. ;-)
Oh yes, I knew. :)
Okay, so you don't think we should ever shebang scripts to /usr/bin/python2.
Maybe lintian should warn specifically against that then?
(I still think /usr/bin/python2 is the better long term path, but I don't feel
strongly enough about it to advocate a formal transition.)
Cheers,
-Barry
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