Re: Could somebody change the alioth documentation, have a buster roadmap and know what's missing to move to python 3 entirely.
shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com> writes:
> On 06/06/2018, shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have also been trying to understand which packages/modules are
> > remaining for python 3 to be the default-python
There is no “default Python” in Debian. Python 2 and Python 3 are
separate run-time systems, and are provided by different packages.
> > $ apt-cache policy python
The ‘python’ package is always Python 2.
To find the default version of Python 3, you want the ‘python3’ package.
> I just read Andrey's mail at
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2018/06/msg00024.html . Please
> CC me if somebody replies.
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> Maybe it would have been better to say that right now python gives
>
> $ python --version
> Python 2.7.15
Yes. The ‘/usr/bin/python’ program is the Python 2 interpreter. There
are no plans yet for that to change.
The ‘/usr/bin/python2’ program is the Python 2 interpreter, and always
will be.
The ‘/usr/bin/python3’ program is the Python 3 interpreter, and always
will be.
There is no command in Debian for “the default Python”, because Python 2
and Python 3 are separate run-time systems that are not fully
compatible. By using one of the above commands, you are explicitly
declaring which Python run-time system to use.
> To be more precise, I meant to know if 'Bullseye' i.e Debian 11 would
> have python 3.0 as default or not.
Bullseye will have both Python 2 and Python 3 available to install. I
know of no plan to remove either of them in Bullseye.
There is no “default Python” in Debian. To run a Python interpreter, you
choose which major version you want to run; they are not meant to be
compatible, and (as you pointed out) they are both in common use. So
there is no default.
I hope that helps clarify the issue.
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