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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> P.S. I'm a bit confused about this discussion though, wouldn't adding
> python2 to the installation be a feature change and as such not
> something that can be done in a maintenance branch?

Correct. However, IMO, a PEP could propose to break that rule. Having
such a proposal may cause rejection of the PEP (or conditional
acceptance only if that change is not carried out). If the PEP is
accepted, a special case may be special enough to break the rules.

In addition, distributions can add all symlinks they like in their
packages, even if "make install" doesn't create them. Whether or not
*that* is a feature change depends on the distribution policy. For
example, for Debian, it would likely be perfectly reasonable to do
that in the 2.7 installation, since 2.7 will be a new feature for
Debian, anyway.

Regards,
Martin