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> Switching to default Py3 is a breaking change Not only breaking, but also completely unnecessary

• raverbashing 9y ago
  Python 2.7 being EOL at a future date means switching to Python 3 is needed
  • falcolas 9y ago
    Perhaps then a better solution is just to remove the `/usr/bin/python` symlink, and make scripts be explicit in their dependency list. It would be a small change (that could be automated) in packages, and removes any confusion about what /usr/bin/python means.
    • pbhjpbhj 9y ago
      Sounds like a dangerous precedent to start removing symlinks or otherwise not linking to the latest version? Is that just a foil to stand in for proper updates to other scripts and such. Shouldn't instead scripts be updated either to be compatible with latest python or to specify the version they demand?
  • kofejnik 9y ago
    even if Guido denounces 2 completely, I'm ready to bet some $$ that 2 will be alive and well long after that date