On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 15:52, Barry Scott <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> wrote: > > > On 25 Mar 2020, at 16:53, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 at 16:10, Eryk Sun <eryk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> The py launcher's "env" command searches PATH for anything from > >> "python" to "notepad" -- but not for a versioned Python command such > >> as "python3" or "python2". It always uses a registered installation > >> in this case, which is at the very least problematic when using > >> "#!/usr/bin/env python3" in an active virtual environment. Paul Moore > >> will probably suggest that the script should use "#!/usr/bin/env > >> python" instead, > > > > Nope, I agree with your point about that running 2.x on Unix. > > At least on Fedora python is python3 now. > > On Centos 8 there is no python until you use the alternatives mechanism > to set it as python2 or python3.
... which is probably more evidence in favour of some sort of point, but at this stage I have no idea what, unless it's "nothing is consistent and you need to be prepared to deal with cross-platform differences" :-) Paul _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/7A2KPOICNOHVLXIICMG4IQO3HDLCYIJN/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
