On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 4:12 AM, Matthias Klose <d...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > so -1 on the python link bits.
Some of the less mainstream distributions are starting to consider moving to python3 as the *only* version of Python that is installed by default, so I wanted to cover them in the suggestions (indeed, it was those experiments that reopened this discussion, since the python link could no longer always be trusted to mean Python 2.x, and the python2 link isn't available by default on most distros). Since allowing forward-looking experiments like that is one of the major advantages of the Linux distro model, I don't want to outright advise against such attempts, even if it would be an absolutely terrible idea for a mainstream distro targeted at widespread production usage to try it. By advocating use of the python2 link, and pointing out that the python link will likely start varying across platforms over the next few years, we also help make it *possible* for distros and individual sysadmins to eventually be able to change the target of the python link safely. That said, I'll look into rewording the main recommendations to more strongly suggest keeping python -> python2 for any distro that cares about backwards compatibility, with a note somewhere about the option of making it point to python3 instead for distros that are more willing to break third party code. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com