On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 10:06:45PM -0500, DJ Lucas via blfs-dev wrote: > > > > As to the convenience link in /usr/bin, I'd look to remove it and tell > > people that they can alias the bare "python" if they really, really need > > to, but that they have to make the choice to do so: the system won't > > be doing it for them. > > I've effectively already done this being that I'm deliberately avoiding > Python2, but IIRC, that means removing the symlink after it's installed (the > Python-2.x installation does it automatically) - or a sed to keep it from > being created I guess. I'm going to proceed with this approach. >
Yeah, it's messy, isn't it. > As to gimp (mentioned earlier in this thread), is excising python2 a goal of > the 3.0 release? It is about the only *major* consumer left. There are only > 22 bugs remaining that are not labeled "feature" currently targeted for the > 3.0 milestone. Many of those are old as well. > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&milestone_title=3.0¬[label_name][]=1.%20Feature > My understanding is that the development branch has removed python2, but that for many uses it is not yet close to being ready. ĸen -- The people next door oppress me all night long. I tell them: I work all day, a man's got to have some time to learn to play the tuba. That's oppression, that is. [ Guards! Guards! ] -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
