Bug#901512: python3: Python doesn't register with the debian alternatives system

2018-06-14 Thread Piotr Ożarowski
Control: tags -1 +wontfix Control: severity -1 wishlist /usr/bin/python points to default Python 2.X version and we support python2.7 only right now. The only change planned for 2.X is to remove 2.7 from list of supported 2.X versions. Python 3 is a completely different language from our POV so

Bug#901512: python3: Python doesn't register with the debian alternatives system

2018-06-14 Thread sungazer
Package: python3 Version: 3.5.3-1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, Shouldn't python be registering with the debian alternatives system, so that update-alternatives allows things like /usr/bin/python to symlink to the desired version when multiple python versions are installed? Currently, w