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Arch's default is Python 3, but there are still many official Python 2 packages, mostly in community i.e. adopted from the AUR: Core: 1 Extra: 96 Community:
by bhrgunatha 8y ago
Arch's default is Python 3, but there are still many official Python 2 packages, mostly in community i.e. adopted from the AUR:
Core: 1
Extra: 96
Community: 822
AUR: Over 2300 depending on how you search
- lathiat 8y agoThe official python recommendation is not to "default" the 'python' command as python3, and they should just explicitly be 'python' and 'python3' This is what every distro except arch does (for whatever reason) https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0394/ https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0394/
- mkesper 8y agoBut that should turn around NOW, comsidering 2020 will be EOL for Python2 (except for Redhat which will have to ride that dead horse for years to come).
- cferr 8y agoRHEL 8 will ship with Python 3 as the default. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.5_release_notes/chap-red_hat_enterprise_linux-7.5_release_notes-deprecated_functionality https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterp...