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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Subject: 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: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:14:51 +0100
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To: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
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Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> writes:
>
>> On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:52:41 +0100
>> Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I think it would work better if when installing python@3, a =E2=80=98py=
thon=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.
>>
>> For backward compatibility, the 'python' executable always has to be Pyt=
hon 2.
>>
>> A lot of old scripts specify just "/usr/bin/env python" in the shebang.
>>
>> On the other hand if your script supports Python 3 you know it.
>
> Hum, then I don't understand why we aren't applying this argument to
> every interperter (Perl, Guile, ...) which introduce backward
> incompatible changes?

As far as I know, the Python 3 package does not provide the =E2=80=9Cpython=
=E2=80=9D
binary.  That=E2=80=99s upstream=E2=80=99s decision.

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Ricardo

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