Bug#883051: Please recommend python3 instead of python
It looks like python isn't used at all in texlive-binaries. The reommends was
introduced in 2007-8 for the ebong utility which is now found in another
package. Looking at the python scripts in the texlive-bin source package:
pythontex.py texlive-extra-utils (OK for Py3)
texliveonfly.py texlive-extra-utils (OK for Py3)
depythontex.py texlive-extra-utils (OK for Py3)
ebong.py texlive-lang-other (not Py3 ready)
lily-*.py texlive-music (not Py3 ready)
dviasm.py texlive-extra-utils (not Py3 ready)
pygmentex.py texlive-science (looks okish)
latex-papersize.py texlive-extra-utils (not Py3 ready)
pdfbook2 texlive-extra-utils (not Py3 ready)
de-macro texlive-extra-utils (not Py3 ready)
fontforge/python.c (Python Interface to FontForge) check needed.
ff-woff/fontforge check needed
Other scripts in the texlive-bin sources are not packaged. So what about
dropping the python recommendation from texlive-binaries, and add python/python3
recommendations in the various texlive-* packages instead?
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