[Python-Dev] PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Tue Feb 17 19:47:42 CET 2015

On Feb 15, 2015, at 05:15 PM, Petr Viktorin wrote:

So I'd suggest /usr/bin/env python3 for the default.

I really don't want /usr/bin/env anything.

In general, using /usr/bin/env is a fine tool for developers, but a terrible tool for deployment. It's just too easy for end users to break an application by mucking with their $PATH. In Debian/Ubuntu, we don't allow these shebangs in system scripts, and in fact the package build tools will rewrite shebangs to avoid them.

Cheers, -Barry

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