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It's been that way on Arch Linux for years, but I wouldn't expect most other platforms to make that switch for some time, if ever.
by oconnor663 7y ago
It's been that way on Arch Linux for years, but I wouldn't expect most other platforms to make that switch for some time, if ever.
- saghm 7y agoIsn't this article an indication that Debian intends to? I'd also guess there's a pretty good chance that distros based on Debian (e.g. Ubuntu) will follow that switch
- mjw1007 7y agoAs far as I know Debian intends to have no plain `python` on the default PATH once the python2 packages are removed, so that it will be up to the system administrator to decide where that will point. See eg https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2018/05/msg00063.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2018/05/msg00063.html from the Debian Python maintainer. (That's a year and a half old, but I haven't seen a message go past suggesting they've changed their minds.)
- saghm 7y agoInteresting! That seems like a reasonable solution to me, but I also have no dog in that race since I don't use Debian or write much Python code.
- PeterisP 7y agoStarting next year, I'd expect most other platforms will not include python2 in the default distribution, so the default "python" can either point to python3 or nothing at all.