Re: Bug#148415: jack: should use #!/usr/bin/python
reopen 148415
thanks
Chris Lawrence writes:
> On Jun 23, Michael Banck wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 05:22:32PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> > > Some users may have a local version of Python installed (like Python
> > > >from CVS), so jack should use the path to the default Debian version
> > > of Python rather than using /usr/bin/env.
IMO Chris is right insisting on /usr/bin/python. We should make the
python policy more clear ...
> >
> > As Python-policy says:
> >
> > 1.3.2. Interpreter Location
> >
> > The preferred specification for the Python interpreter is
> > `/usr/bin/python' or `/usr/bin/python<X>.<Y>'.
> >
> > If a maintainer would like to provide the user with the possibility
> > to override the Debian Python interpreter, he may want to use
> > `/usr/bin/env python' or `/usr/bin/env pythonX.Y'.
> >
> > I'll close this bug, OK?
>
> Not OK, since the locally-installed Python may not/will not have
> access to jack's site-python files. Using /usr/bin/env python is IMHO
> only acceptable if the package is self-contained or munges sys.path to
> include any non-standard modules in the search path.
>
>
> Chris
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