Please install /usr/bin/python2 as part of the default Debian install. It still doesn't exist on 7.1, which prevents scripts with a shebang of #!/usr/bin/python2 from running.
Note that the following matters (which have derailed previous threads on this topic) are irrelevant to this request:
- whether Debian scripts should switch to /usr/bin/python2 instead of /usr/bin/python
- whether /usr/bin/python should currently be Python 3
- whether /usr/bin/python should ever be Python 3
- whether Python 2 will ever be deprecated
- whether Arch switching /usr/bin/python to Python 3 was a bad idea
- whether Arch is stupid
Regardless of any of the above, adding /usr/bin/python2 is definitely a Good Thing and will Benefit Users, because there are an increasing number of scripts in the wild using #!/usr/bin/python2. It's also the Upstream Recommendation.
- Kerrick