Piotr Ożarowski wrote: > [Michael Gilbert, 2011-04-13] > > Can't that be solved in the release notes when that happens? Something > > like: > > > > python3 is now the default /usr/bin/python, so if you have existing > > python2 scripts you will need to make sure to use /usr/bin/python2 > > instead (or convert them to python3). > > IMO we can change /usr/bin/python to point to python3 once Python 2.X > will no longer be supported by Debian, not sooner (as local scripts with > #!/usr/bin/python shebang would stop working anyway)
I think it makes more sense to have a release or two where users can fall back on python2. Well there needs to be at least one where /usr/bin/python becomes python3 alerting users to the change and giving them the python2 fallback, just so they have time to be prepared for the permanent change. Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110413100036.f1a7a623.michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com
