Re: /usr/bin/python2 again

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>, 2011-08-10, 15:03:
> > Why not make Python 2 point to /usr/bin/python2?
>
> because instead of:
> | oh, look, /usr/bin/python is a symlink, lets use different 2.X version,
> | I don't care about 2.Y anymore and I want 2.Z by default. What? foo
> | application doesn't work anymore? Damn Debian developers, and they call
> | their system stable!
>
> we'll get:
>
> | oh, look, there's /usr/bin/python2 and /usr/bin/python3 binaries
> | so it should be safe to change /usr/bin/python symlink, lets
> | do that, ... Damn Debian developers!
>
> a *LOT* more often (changes between 2.X versions are not that big 
> compared to 2.X-3.X ones

I'm more worried about Debian-using upstreams who'd start to 
#!/usr/bin/python2 shebangs, thus breaking compatibility with the rest 
of the world.

--
Jakub Wilk