On 08/15/2014 11:24 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On August 15, 2014 4:57:19 PM EDT, Diogene Laerce <me_buss777@yahoo.fr> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 08/15/2014 10:20 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>>> On August 15, 2014 1:42:04 PM EDT, Paul Tagliamonte
>> <paultag@debian.org> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 07:28:06PM +0200, Diogene Laerce wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>>>
>>>> the /usr/bin/python command is unlikely to change soon; more
>>>> information
>>>> on how this should be treated on UNIX like systems can be found at
>> PEP
>>>> 0394.
>>>
>>> It's more likely /usr/bin/python will someday be removed than someday
>> point to a python3 version.
>>
>> No python on the OS ? Regard to the number of applications that rely on
>> python, that's kind of unlikely no ?
>
> Pointing /usr/bin/python at a python3 version is not providing python
> in that sense. If something uses python3, it should use /usr/bin/python3.
> Someday, in the distant future, /usr/bin/python should become irrelevant.
> It should never point at a python3 version.
Ok that makes sense, as the PEP suggests.
By the way, when you say: "Someday, in the distant future", does this
imply in a far far galaxy ? :)
Thanks,
--
“One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.”
“Le vrai n'est pas plus sûr que le probable.”
Diogene Laerce
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