On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Neal Gompa <ngompa13@gmail.com> wrote:

Alternatives doesn't work in this case because Python 2.x and Python
3.x versions don't share resources, even with minor versions of the
same series. Enabling alternatives for it is a recipe for disaster.

Could you elaborate? The use case we are talking about is what gets executed when you run /usr/bin/python. i.e. symlink management, which is what alternatives is intended for.