On 2010/10/18 Allan McRae <[email protected]> wrote: > --begin draft-- > > Major python update > > A major python update is hitting the repos on a mirror near you. This > involves update the python package from the 2.6 series to the 2.7 series. > However, with python-2.7 being scheduled to be the last major release in > the python-2.x series, python 2.7 is now packaged as "python2", while the > "python" package will contain the python 3.x series. This means that > /usr/bin/python will point at python 3.x and any programs requiring python2 > should point at /usr/bin/python2 instead. All packages in the repos have > been updated, but any issues found can be reported to the bug tracker (not > the forum or the mailing lists). Any AUR packages using python will likely > need updated to point at the correct python binary. > > --end draft-- > > Comments?
We could add a note saying something like If you installed home-brewed packages in your system, you may find packages that need to be reinstalled by looking for those with files under /usr/lib/python2.6 or matching the regexp '^#!.*python$' -- Rémy
