[Python-Dev] Use ptyhon -s as default shbang for system python executables/daemons

[Toshio Kuratomi]

I think I've found the Debian discussion (October 2012):

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.python/8188

Lack of PYTHONWARNINGS was brought up late in the discussion thread
but I think the understanding that when a particular user sets an
environment variable they want it to apply to all scripts they run was
kind of lost in the followups (It wasn't directly addressed or
mentioned again.)

-Toshio

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
> On Mar 19, 2015, at 11:15 AM, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
>
>>I could see that as a difference.  However, the environment variables
>>give users the ability to change things globally whereas overriding
>>the shebang line is case-by-case  so it's not a complete replacement
>>of the functionality.
>
> You make some good points.  I guess it's a trade-off between flexibility and a
> known secure execution environment.  I'm not sure there's a right answer;
> different admins might have valid different opinions.
>
> Cheers,
> -Barry
>
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