On Tuesday, 9 May 2017 12.20.13 WEST Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 10:10:12AM +0100, José Abílio Matos wrote: > > In order to test the python3 support I created the fedora packages that > > force the usage of python 3. > > Attached follows the patch that I have used to force the python 3. This is > > a brute force approach but the main idea is that there are two places > > where we > > need to make the changes to support a custom python version: > Thanks for looking into this, José. I will test also with your patch > when I have time. If you update your patch, please post the newer > version. > > Scott
I would like to have a permanent solution for this. What do others think regarding the python binary used? a) Should it be passed through an environment variable, like $PYTHON (that is now is only used at build and install times, but not a run time)? b) Should we use a variable/path exposed through the preferences that sets the value of $$python and such that an empty value means use the system default (as we have now)? The changes are trivial for configure.py: a) we replace the calls to python by the binary that runs configure.py; b) we replace python by $$python. The changes to src/support/os.cpp are more work but not by much IMHO. Regards, -- José Abílio
