On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 09:59:48AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > On 12/4/19 4:14 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > python2 will be end of life by the time of the next > > libvirt release. All our supported build targets, including > > CentOS7, have a python3 build available. > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > > +++ b/configure.ac > > @@ -701,9 +701,9 @@ if test "$with_linux" = "yes"; then > > fi > > dnl Allow perl/python overrides > > -AC_PATH_PROGS([PYTHON], [python3 python2 python]) > > +AC_PATH_PROGS([PYTHON], [python3]) > > Are there any systems with python version 3 installed only as the name > 'python', or does everyone with python 3 follow the PEP recommendations and > have a 'python3' available? (It matters on whether your list needs two > instead of one spelling for acceptable programs to attempt). There is talk about allowing a plain 'python' to refer to python 3 as a convenience for humans. Anywhere which does that will still also provide a 'python3' binary. So ignoring existance of 'python' seems like the safer option for scripts. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :| -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list