[Python-Dev] PEP 394 request for pronouncement (python2 symlink in *nix systems)

[Nick Coghlan]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:01 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> It may be that the PEP becomes irrelevant before it is widely accepted:
> if the sole remaining Python 2 version is 2.7, users may just as well
> refer to python2 as python2.7.

My hope is that a clear signal from us supporting a python2 symlink
for cross-distro compatibility will encourage the commercial distros
to add such a link to their 2.6 based variants (e.g. anything with an
explicit python2.7 reference won't run by default on RHEL6, or
rebuilds based on that).

Cheers,
Nick.

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