Re: Fedora 31 System-Wide Change proposal: Python means Python3

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On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 7:41 PM Stephen John Smoogen <smooge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 at 18:49, Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > What about postponing this change to F32? I'd prefer python2 to be
>> > retired and gone from the distro first, and the symlink and
>> > %python_provide definition only switched then. I think that having
>> > this middle state where python2 is available but python points to
>> > python3 for exactly one release will be more confusing that switching
>> > directly to the final state where python2 is gone and python simply
>> > means python3.
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>> I think it makes sense to make the switch before we retire, because
>> then people's expectations are changed ahead of time and they can
>> adapt to The Future(TM).
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> Actually I think it makes more sense that F31 provides no /usr/bin/python. Then a lot of things which depend on it can be found and fixed since they have not adapted to the Future any other way.
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We've been throwing errors on using /usr/bin/python in packaged code
since Fedora 28, so I don't think it's necessary to wait like that.



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