[Python-Dev] [Pydotorg] Should we help pythonmac.org? (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Tue Aug 19 15:37:08 CEST 2008

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On Aug 19, 2008, at 8:51 AM, Fred Drake wrote:

My understanding is that if there is a system Python, you shouldn't change it. Ever.

Huge, big, honkin' +1 from me on that. Besides, for a system Python,
you want your distribution to manage packages, not setuptools,
otherwise you confuse -- and probably break -- your system.

As a corollary, a system Python script should never ever use #!/usr/ bin/env python as its first line. It should always use /usr/bin/ python because that's the only thing it can guarantee it knows
anything about.

I've had several discussions with distro vendors about this, some at
Pycon and others I'm more intimately involved with . I think
there's general agreement about these principles, even if it's not
always implemented correctly for every tool (but that's what bug
reports are for :).

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