[Python-checkins] peps: Drop a suggestion from PEP 394's migration notes that's a really bad idea in a

[nick.coghlan]

http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/3e67accc3c04
changeset:   4057:3e67accc3c04
user:        Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>
date:        Thu Feb 16 21:46:35 2012 +1000
summary:
  Drop a suggestion from PEP 394's migration notes that's a really bad idea in a world containing scripts that are source compatible with both Python 2 and 3

files:
  pep-0394.txt |  4 ----
  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)


diff --git a/pep-0394.txt b/pep-0394.txt
--- a/pep-0394.txt
+++ b/pep-0394.txt
@@ -124,10 +124,6 @@
   versa. That way, if a sysadmin does decide to replace the installed
   ``python`` file, they can do so without inadvertently deleting the
   previously installed binary.
-* As an alternative to the recommendation presented above, some distributions
-  may choose to leave the ``python`` command itself undefined, leaving
-  sysadmins and users with the responsibility to choose their own preferred
-  version to be made available as the ``python`` command.
 * If the Python 2 interpreter becomes uncommon, scripts should nevertheless
   continue to use the ``python3`` convention rather that just ``python``. This
   will ease transition in the event that yet another major version of Python

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