From: chad <yandros@gmail.com>
To: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
Cc: "Augusto Stoffel" <arstoffel@gmail.com>,
"Philip Kaludercic" <philipk@posteo.net>,
"Martín Fernández" <tinchofernandez97@gmail.com>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: python-mode: Why python-interpreter defaults to "python" instead of looking for python/python3
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:32:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAO2hHWbztX6UErpJA=0OVJ=HCEHt1VdsWGJ-Dw_x4eP+Ys_d2w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP_d_8VLWmS4sr6QwXZoJVQt=RJ6wNmt5FUOzsEjm0W7vQ7DOg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 2:46 PM Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 at 01:18, Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I would like to understand why python-is-python3 is not installed by
> > default nowadays. It is in Fedora, for instance.
>
> As far as I understand, Debian is trying to provide a very gentle
> transition period for users, and enforces explicit python versioning
> in all its packages. It also encourages developers to specify
> explicitly python2 or python3 by not shipping the /usr/bin/python link
> by default (except for upgrades from older distro versions).
>
> Maybe one day we can say there is only one Python version. But today
> is not that day.
>
FWIW: I'm running Debian 11, and there is no "python" by default. There is
a python3 included in the base, and there is NOT a python2 included in
same, under any name.
Hope that helps,
~Chad
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-08 14:03 python-mode: Why python-interpreter defaults to "python" instead of looking for python/python3 Martín Fernández
2023-03-08 19:41 ` Augusto Stoffel
2023-03-16 10:09 ` Augusto Stoffel
2023-03-16 10:18 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-03-16 14:29 ` Martín Fernández
2023-03-16 18:13 ` Augusto Stoffel
2023-03-16 18:17 ` Augusto Stoffel
2023-03-16 18:45 ` Yuri Khan
2023-03-17 19:32 ` chad [this message]
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