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

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Thu Jul 25 02:06:11 CEST 2013


On 25 Jul 2013 05:30, "Toshio Kuratomi" <a.badger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:42:09PM -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> > 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
> >
> +1 as well.  Much clearer.

OK, unless someone gets to it before me, I'll update it tonight.

Cheers,
Nick.

>
> -Toshio
>
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