On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 02:55:40PM +0200, Jan Kurik wrote: > = Proposed System Wide Change: Move /usr/bin/python into a separate package = > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Move_usr_bin_python_into_separate_package > > === Motivation === > > The meaning of the python command is ambiguous: it might mean either > Python 2 or Python 3, depending on context. The upstream > recommendation (PEP 394), which we try to follow in Fedora, is that > users -- not distros, and not sysadmins -- should be in control of the > python command. I'm opposed to this change. I see no reason to complicate things because some other distributions (Arch) have inadvisedly redirected /usr/bin/python to python3. This whole mess violates the principle of least surprise -- as a user of python what do you expect /usr/bin/pythong to do? You expect it to run the python2 interpreter. Any 3rd party programs that users install will also expect this, so this change will cause their applications to fail. I think the rules can be distilled down to this: * New python2 programs use /usr/bin/python2 * New python3 programs use /usr/bin/python3 * Leave /usr/bin/python pointing to /usr/bin/python2 for legacy programs There is no good reason to make this change. Leaving it as it is now doesn't break anything. -- Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/UJJ6MYCZHMTFNX4MILRFRDSUAJ2B2QNU/
