[Python-Dev] Python 3 as a Default in Linux Distros

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Wed Jul 24 18:42:09 CEST 2013


On Jul 25, 2013, at 01:41 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

>How's this for an updated wording in the abstract:
>
>  * for the time being, all distributions should ensure that python
>refers to the same target as python2
>  * however, users should be aware that python refers to python3 on at
>least Arch Linux (that change is
>    what prompted the creation of this PEP), so "python" should be
>used in the shebang line only for
>    scripts that are source compatible with both Python 2 and 3

+1

-Barry


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