On 26 Jan 2022 10:11, Zack Weinberg wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, at 10:07 AM, Zack Weinberg wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, at 6:37 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > >> Since Python 2.x went EOL years ago, stop searching for it before > >> any of the Python 3 versions. > > > > +1 > > It occurred to me right after pushing "send" that this is a potentially > breaking change, for anyone who hasn't bothered to update their code to > Python 3 yet and is relying on AM_PATH_PYTHON's search order to prefer Python > 2. I'm still in favor of the change, but I think it should get a NEWS entry.
they're already broken. `python` has never been guaranteed to be Python 2, and many distros & site admins have changed it to be Python 3. def worth mentioning in the NEWS. -mike
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