[Python-Dev] Python 3 as a Default in Linux Distros (original) (raw)

Brian Curtin brian at python.org
Wed Jul 24 18:34:58 CEST 2013


On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Lennart Regebro <regebro at gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Lennart Regebro <regebro at gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Bohuslav Kabrda <bkabrda at redhat.com> wrote:

- Should we point /usr/bin/python to Python 3 when we make the move?

No. To be more explicit. I think it's perfectly fine to not provide a /usr/bin/python at all, but I think pointing it to Python 3 will provide unhelpful error messages.

-1. For one example, this is going to add non-productive and potentially confusing steps before any educator can use Python to teach anything.



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