On 08/15/2014 11:24 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On August 15, 2014 4:57:19 PM EDT, Diogene Laerce <me_buss...@yahoo.fr> wrote: >> >> >> On 08/15/2014 10:20 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: >>> On August 15, 2014 1:42:04 PM EDT, Paul Tagliamonte >> <paul...@debian.org> wrote: >>>> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 07:28:06PM +0200, Diogene Laerce wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>>> >>>> the /usr/bin/python command is unlikely to change soon; more >>>> information >>>> on how this should be treated on UNIX like systems can be found at >> PEP >>>> 0394. >>> >>> It's more likely /usr/bin/python will someday be removed than someday >> point to a python3 version. >> >> No python on the OS ? Regard to the number of applications that rely on >> python, that's kind of unlikely no ? > > Pointing /usr/bin/python at a python3 version is not providing python > in that sense. If something uses python3, it should use /usr/bin/python3. > Someday, in the distant future, /usr/bin/python should become irrelevant. > It should never point at a python3 version.
Ok that makes sense, as the PEP suggests.
By the way, when you say: "Someday, in the distant future", does this
imply in a far far galaxy ? :)
Thanks,
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“One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.”
“Le vrai n'est pas plus sûr que le probable.”
Diogene Laerce
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