On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 10:42 AM, mcatanzaro(a)gnome.org wrote:
If Fedora has /usr/bin/python, then at least we have a *chance* to
make the scripts we care about work in both python2 and python3 (our
current plan). Whereas without /usr/bin/python, we're really out of
options. So I very much support /usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python3.
It will cause some problems for us and we'll have a difficult
transition period, but at least there will exist the possibility of
transitioning.
Accidentally hit send too soon. I meant to add: /usr/bin/python ->
/usr/bin/python3 is better than all available alternatives. It's the
only way that /usr/bin/python remains in Fedora pointing to a supported
python interpreter. And that is the only chance that cross-platform
python scripts have to work without pain and suffering (beyond that of
making the script work with both python2 and python3). We're not python
developers and just want to run some python scripts; wrapping up all
our python inside e.g. bash scripts that start a virtualenv would be a
sad end to this tale.