[Python-ideas] Migration of /usr/bin/python to python3

[Chris Barker]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> On 03/11/2015 01:38 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> > On 11.03.2015 21:03, David Mertz wrote:
>
> > I think the migration should start with modifying scripts to use
> >
> >   #!/usr/bin/env python2
> >
> > when they are Python 2 only (*) and
> >
> >   #!/usr/bin/env python3
> >
> > when they are Python 3 only and
> >
> >   #!/usr/bin/env python
> >
> > only when they support both Python 2 and 3.
>

and for that matter:

#!/usr/bin/env python3.4

If the minor version matters.

We all should have been doing this for years!

-Chris


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