It's more a case that distros are killing themselves. I wonder what their reasonings were to mangle the default installs of python? I'm sure Python itself has nothing to do with it.
I'm glad Arch finally (are they the first?) switched over, it might make me start using python3, plus, it forces script and package authors to explicitly state they're relying on python2. On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:31, John Keyes <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, I was just after reading a post[1] about how distros have killed Python. > I responded[2] and then saw this. I've added a small update to the post to > link to the news item. > > -John > > [1] http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1285063820.html > [2] http://keyes.ie/the-distros-havent-killed-python/ > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Diarmuid Bourke > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Interesting to see the default python packages moving to 3.x >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Allan McRae <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 22:01 >> Subject: [arch-announce] Python is now Python 3 >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Allan McRae wrote: >> >> A major Python update has just been moved from the testing repositories and >> will >> be available on a mirror near you. The default "python" package is now for >> the >> 3.x series while the 2.x series has been moved to a "python2" package, with >> python-2.7 having been scheduled to be the last major release in the >> python-2.x >> series. >> >> Since /usr/bin/python will now point to the 3.x binary, any program requiring >> 2.x needs to point to /usr/bin/python2 instead. All our packages have been >> updated accordingly, but any remaining issues found can be reported to the >> bug >> tracker (not the forums or mailing lists). >> >> AUR and third-party packages/projects using Python will likely need updating >> to >> reflect this move, as many programs are still incompatible with Python 3. >> >> URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/python-is-now-python-3/ >> _______________________________________________ >> arch-announce mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-announce >> >> >> >> -- >> Diarmuid Bourke >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Python Ireland" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Ireland" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. > > -- Diarmuid Bourke [email protected] [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en.
