On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:47 PM, Petr Viktorin <encu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> If *all* distros provide a "python2" symlink, then the recommendation >> can become "use python if it's 2/3 compatible, or python2/python3 to >> choose", and then it won't hurt to switch python to be python3. >> Are there known distros in which current versions (or, those that will be >> current when 3.5 is released) aren't providing "python2"? > > That wouldn't be a good recommendation for the long term. > Fedora probably won't drop python2 from the default installation > before 3.5 is released, but hopes are high that it'll happen when 3.5 > is still current. Not sure about others.
Clarification: If all distros *that provide Python 2.x* provide a "python2" symlink, etc, etc. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
