On 18 October 2010 20:39, Dieter Plaetinck <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:32:13 +1000 > Allan McRae <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I will move python stuff from [testing] soon so we will need a news >> item... Here is a draft: >> >> --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 > > updating, or "an update" > >> 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 > > "will contain", "will point" ? when you post this, this will already be > the case, no?
This has to do with the fact that nobody will be getting the update immediately: "A major python update is hitting the repos on a mirror near you." But of course, the tenses don't really matter - either is or will be right :p
