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From: Balint Reczey <balint.reczey@canonical.com>
To: 45655@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45655: Please use 'python3' command instead of 'python'
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 16:14:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG+KjmMqr-w7nRRHCwhsP2M4xyKL4O1yk88CpBXUjLWN-5YAvw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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Hi,

Python 2 reached EOL about a year ago thus the 'python' command may be
missing on some systems.
'python3' is the standard way of invoking the Python 3 interpreter,
thus Emacs would have a better chance trying that.

The attached patch is already carried in Ubuntu.

Cheers,
Balint

[1] https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/

-- 
Balint Reczey
Ubuntu & Debian Developer

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Description: Run python3 command as default instead of python
Author: Balint Reczey <balint.reczey@canonical.com>
Origin: vendor
Forwarded: no
Last-Update: 2020-03-25

--- a/lisp/ldefs-boot.el
+++ b/lisp/ldefs-boot.el
@@ -26539,7 +26539,7 @@
 
 (add-to-list 'interpreter-mode-alist (cons (purecopy "python[0-9.]*") 'python-mode))
 
-(autoload 'run-python "python" "\
+(autoload 'run-python "python3" "\
 Run an inferior Python process.
 
 Argument CMD defaults to `python-shell-calculate-command' return
--- a/lisp/progmodes/python.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@
   :group 'python
   :safe 'stringp)
 
-(defcustom python-shell-interpreter "python"
+(defcustom python-shell-interpreter "python3"
   "Default Python interpreter for shell."
   :type 'string
   :group 'python)

             reply	other threads:[~2021-01-04 15:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-04 15:14 Balint Reczey [this message]
2021-01-06 16:59 ` bug#45655: Please use 'python3' command instead of 'python' Glenn Morris
2021-01-06 17:47   ` Balint Reczey
2021-01-10 14:49     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-01-10 17:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-10 17:49   ` Balint Reczey
2021-01-10 20:48     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-11  5:17       ` Pankaj Jangid

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