> On Sep 19, 2014, at 3:31 AM, Bohuslav Kabrda <bkab...@redhat.com> wrote: > > Hi, > as Fedora is getting closer to having python3 as a default, I'm being more > and more asked by Fedora users/contributors what'll "/usr/bin/python" invoke > when we achieve this (Fedora 22 hopefully). So I was rereading PEP 394 and I > think I need a small clarification regarding two points in the PEP: > - "for the time being, all distributions should ensure that python refers to > the same target as python2." > - "Similarly, the more general python command should be installed whenever > any version of Python is installed and should invoke the same version of > Python as either python2 or python3." > > The important word in the second point is, I think, *whenever*. Trying to > apply these two points to Fedora 22 situation, I can think of several > approaches: > - /usr/bin/python will always point to python3 (seems to go against the first > mentioned PEP recommendation) > - /usr/bin/python will always point to python2 (seems to go against the > second mentioned PEP recommendation, there is no /usr/bin/python if python2 > is not installed) > - /usr/bin/python will point to python3 if python2 is not installed, else it > will point to python2 (inconsistent; also the user doesn't know he's running > and what libraries he'll be able to import - the system can have different > sets of python2-* and python3-* extension modules installed) > - there will be no /usr/bin/python (goes against PEP and seems just wrong) > > I'd really appreciate upstream guidance and perhaps a PEP clarification for > distributions that ship both python2 and python3, but can live without > python2 (and are not Arch :)). > > Thanks a lot!
I don’t know for a fact, but I assume that as long as Python 2.x is installed by default than ``python`` should point to ``python2``. If Python 3.x is the default version and Python 2.x is the “optional” version than I think personally it makes sense to switch eventually. Maybe not immediately to give people time to update though? --- Donald Stufft PGP: 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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