> The problems are mostly with people assuming `python` means `python2`, and distros/installs not providing the `python2` command Yes, Arch follows the recomme

> The problems are mostly with people assuming `python` means `python2`, and distros/installs not providing the `python2` command Yes, Arch follows the recommendations of the link you provided. I was compiling a naïve program that assumed /usr/bin/python to be Python, so I was trying to hack autoconf (or cmake?) by overriding the hard-coded path with the python2 libdir. I thought it would be nice to ask python2 itself for its library path so I asked #python. The channel moderator in turn appended "NO ARCH" to the channel banner once I mentioned Arch Linux.