Control: tag -1 wheezy confirmed Scott Kitterman <deb...@kitterman.com> (2013-09-28): > In Wheezy, we inadvertently failed to include /usr/bin/python2. Since the > freeze/release, it's become clearer that the use of /usr/bin/python2 in third > party scripts is increasing. Leaving aside the sanity of this approach, it is > the upstream Python recommendation to provide it and Debian's lack of it is > causing problems for users. > > While this doesn't directly affect running any packages in the archive, since > the fix is so simple/low risk, I think we ought to go ahead and provide it > for Wheezy to make life easier for users trying to use externally developed > scripts. > > Use of /usr/bin/python2 is spreading more rapidly than I had expected. We did > a survey, and it appears that Debian is the only major distro not providing it > in their current stable release (even CentOS/RHEL have added it to their > python2.6 packages). > > I know, "but the users ..." can get annoying, but I think this is one case > where it actually applies.
Looks reasonable to me, please upload. Mraw, KiBi.
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