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Sorry, you are right, I did mean that /usr/bin/python is usually 2.7. For someone just starting out with python (on linux anyways) that means they are probably
by Deinumite 15y ago
Sorry, you are right, I did mean that /usr/bin/python is usually 2.7.
For someone just starting out with python (on linux anyways) that means they are probably going to fire up that interpreter first.
I was wondering myself actually if any of the distros would switch to 3.0. I think a lot of packages would break if that were to happen.
As you've said, Arch has already switched but their package release isn't really typical for most distros.
- sho_hn 15y agoUbuntu's Python maintainer Barry Warsaw recently announced their goal to have no Python 2 in the "main" part of the repositories by their April 2014 release: http://lwn.net/Articles/469939/ http://lwn.net/Articles/469939/ I think that's probably a too aggressive schedule to actually keep, but here's hoping.