> We discussed the future fate of the /usr/bin/python symlink at
the
> language summit (and a little further at the sprints), and it
> currently seems likely that we're going to go down the path of the
> Python Launcher for Windows model, and make "python" refer to a
> configurable shim that:
>
> 1. Launches an administrator configured Python version by default
> 2. Can be switched to run a different Python via command line options
>
> This is essentially the rubypick model, but the CLI and configuration
> file format will be defined by CPython upstream rather than by the
> distro.
It seems that Debian people are already onto something. I just saw
there are still many Debian developers that will do their best to
make sure /usr/bin/python points to /usr/bin/python2.7 at least until
2025 or so (assuming we'll still have this package in the archive after
2020)
That said, we'll do our best to remove this package from most/all
installations.
Hi, BTW. I'm lurking here since a while :)
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