Re: MBF for deprecating Python2 usage
[Scott Kitterman, 2017-08-04]
> Read it. I remain completely convinced that /usr/bin/python pointing
> at a python3 version is utterly wrong and a disservice to our users.
> Even after we remove python2.7, people will be locally compiling it
> and using it for a decade.
>
> Such a change would be actively user hostile.
>
> When python2.7 goes away, /usr/bin/python should go too.
>
> Before python2.7 goes away, any python3 scripts/apps need to work with
> /usr/bin/python3. Making them work with /usr/bin/python too doesn't
> actually help anything. All it does is look pretty for us old timers.
>
> I've said before and I've yet to see anything to cause me to have any
> doubt on the matter, that as long as I am one of the python-defaults
> maintainers, /usr/bin/python will not point at a python3 version.
same here. Way too many not packaged /usr/bin/python scripts around me
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