On 06/28/19 10:46, mcatanzaro@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 10:42 AM, mcatanzaro@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> If Fedora has /usr/bin/python, then at least we have a *chance* to make the scripts we care about work in both python2 and python3 (our current plan). Whereas without /usr/bin/python, we're really out of options. So I very much support /usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python3. It will cause some problems for us and we'll have a difficult transition period, but at least there will exist the possibility of transitioning. > > Accidentally hit send too soon. I meant to add: /usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python3 is better than all available alternatives. It's the only way that /usr/bin/python remains in Fedora pointing to a supported python interpreter. And that is the only chance that cross-platform python scripts have to work without pain and suffering (beyond that of making the script work with both python2 and python3). We're not python developers and just want to run some python scripts; wrapping up all our python inside e.g. bash scripts that start a virtualenv would be a sad end to this tale. Thank you. I work on multiple platforms so I make my utility scripts work on both Python 2 and 3 and only use the standard library. It would be super annoying if I had to have multiple versions just because of the shebang line. -- Mátyás (Mat) Selmeci Open Science Grid Software Team / Center for High-Throughput Computing University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Computer Sciences _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
