On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 4:45 AM Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> wrote: > > Hi Jeffrey, > > > I'm testing Wget2. I believe it uses Gnulib from master. > > > > Older Python does not respond to 'python --version': > > > > Unknown option: -- > > usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | file | -] [arg] ... > > Try `python -h' for more information. > > ./bootstrap: Error: 'python' not found > > > > 'python -V' produces expected error messages, but it requires a patch > > of bootstrap: > > > > ./bootstrap: Error: 'python' version == Python 2.3.4 is too old > > ./bootstrap: 'python' version >= 2 is required > > ./bootstrap: Please install the prerequisite programs > > I don't think there are many users in the same situation than you. > Reason: Most distros have been shipping Python 2.7.x (minimum) for a > long time [1]. > > Also, Python 3 can be assumed from next year on, since Python 2 is > end-of-life this year [2].
I don't think so. Fiat is a lazy developer practice, and it does not reflect real life. For example Microsoft claims Windows 7 is dead but it still has 28% market share. > Additionally, 'bootstrap' is a development tool. Developers tend > to have newer tools installed than production systems have. Yeah, I wish Tim would build a release tarball so we don't have to do the git submodule thing. Jeff
