From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mathieu Lirzin Subject: bug#30437: closed (Re: bug#30437: No =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9C.guix-profile/bin/python=E2=80=9D?= after =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98guix?= package -i =?UTF-8?Q?python=E2=80=99?=) Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 20:55:54 +0100 Message-ID: <87h8qm56et.fsf@gnu.org> References: <878tbykp7a.fsf@elephly.net> <87po5a5ew6.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43621) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1elKDn-0004GE-0D for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:57:04 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1elKDm-0001es-7z for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:57:03 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:60407) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1elKDl-0001ef-Um for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:57:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1elKDl-0007Zt-Jy for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:57:01 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: (GNU bug Tracking System's message of "Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:02:03 +0000") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 30437@debbugs.gnu.org help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) writes: > From: Ricardo Wurmus > Subject: Re: bug#30437: No =E2=80=9C.guix-profile/bin/python=E2=80=9D aft= er =E2=80=98guix package -i python=E2=80=99 > To: 30437-done@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 20:00:57 +0100 (38 minutes, 1 second ago) > User-agent: mu4e 0.9.18; emacs 25.3.1 > > > Efraim Flashner writes: > >> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 06:23:07PM +0100, Danny Milosavljevic wrote: >>> Hi Mathieu, >>>=20 >>> On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:52:41 +0100 >>> Mathieu Lirzin wrote: >>>=20 >>> > I think it would work better if when installing python@3, a =E2=80=98= python=E2=80=99 >>> > executable would be available in the PATH. Maybe there is a technical >>> > reason for not doing so, but I find its absence rather confusing. >>>=20 >>> For backward compatibility, the 'python' executable always has to be Py= thon 2. >>>=20 >>> A lot of old scripts specify just "/usr/bin/env python" in the shebang. >>>=20 >>> On the other hand if your script supports Python 3 you know it. >>>=20 >> >> We do also have the 'python-wrapper' package which uses python3 as >> python It is nice to have a =E2=80=98python-wrapper=E2=80=99 package as a workarou= nd, but this doesn't explain why the =E2=80=98python=E2=80=99 package shouldn't do it au= tomatically. Doing so would be far more convenient for casual users. > Closing because it=E2=80=99s not a bug. IMHO that was a bit quick to close. I still consider this as a wishlist bug. --=20 Mathieu Lirzin GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761 070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37