Re: converting Python2 to Python3

[Mike Kupfer <mkupfer@alum.berkeley.edu>]

The Wanderer wrote:

> On 2022-01-30 at 23:01, Mike Kupfer wrote:
> 
> > FWIW, here are my notes from converting a couple small private scripts:
> > 
> >   * Note that 2to3 does not change the shebang line. And the actual
> >     command in Debian10 [and 11] is 2to3-2.7.
> 
> This is in the 'python2.7' package. However, there is also a package
> named '2to3', which contains a command by the same name.

Ah, I see.  Both the files in /usr/bin are trivial wrappers, with
2to3-2.7 using the Python 2.7 library and 2to3 using the Python 3
library.  I expect that 2to3 would be the better choice (/me updates
notes).

thanks,
mike