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

[Chris Angelico]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 12:32 AM, Philipp A. <flying-sheep at web.de> wrote:
> the only thing worth discussing IMHO is if python 3 should start shipping
> with all symlinks from past 3.x minor versions to the newest minor version.
> then we could switch to #!/usr/bin/env python3.4 if it uses e.g. pathlib and
> would be sure that the script will work with future versions. but then
> again, users can install pathlib for 3.3…

I would strongly advise NOT doing this. If you say "python3.4", then
it should run on Python 3.4, not on Python 3.4-or-anything-later.

ChrisA