Got it. :) On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 6:55 AM Nathan Cutler <ncutler@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Brad: > > > I don't think I said it wouldn't. I was pointing out the difference > > between your statement that "/usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python2 will > > not be changed" in SLES and openSUSE and the current reality in Fedora > > 31 and that's where the "two distros are quite divergent in their > > approach apparently" came from. I'm not convinced we're on the same > > page. > > What I'm trying (poorly) to say is: as long as we explicitly state "python3" > everywhere and diligently avoid "python", we'll be OK: we will not need to care > what "python" points to in a given distro. > > The motivation for keeping "python -> python2" is/was to avoid breaking legacy > scripts. I guess the Fedora folks are not so concerned about that. And it seems > reasonable to expect even the more conservative distros to switch over to > "python -> python3", at some point in the future - when Python 2 recedes into > the cosmic background noise and the fear of breaking older scripts will have > subsided. > > Nathan > -- Cheers, Brad _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list -- dev@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to dev-leave@xxxxxxx
