[Python-Dev] #!/usr/bin/env python --> python3 where applicable (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sun Apr 19 12🔞13 CEST 2009


I think that it's probably best to leave "python", "python2", and "python3" for the use of downstream distributors. ISTR that was what Guido concluded, in the discuss that led to Python 3 defaulting to altinstall---it wasn't just convenient because Python 3 is a major change, but that experience has shown that deciding which Python is going to be "The python" on somebody's system just isn't a decision that Python should make.

Yes. However, at the language summit in Chicago, it was agreed that the installation should also provide a python3 symlink.

I don't recall the agreement wrt. to the names of executables on Windows.

Regards, Martin



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