[Python-Dev] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Am 02.03.2011 20:49, schrieb James Y Knight:
> On Mar 2, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
>> I don't have a problem with adding such a symlink, and I think it
>> should be done by Informational PEP, not Standards Track PEP.
>> Since there will be no Python 2.8, our own build system shouldn't
>> ever be changed to add such a link, but we can recommend it for
>> consistency among distros, which would be free to adopt it or not.
> 
> Why not? 2.7 is supposed to be in long term maintenance mode. Surely
> if it's a good idea for everyone else to ship a python2 binary,
> 2.7.next should also install it when building from source...

I agree with Barry that this would be a new feature, and, by default,
cannot be added to the 2.7 release which is in maintenance mode.

IMO, an accepted PEP could override the policy, though.

Regards,
Martin