On Sun, 21 Aug 2016 12:13:40 -0400 fsmithred <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 08/21/2016 11:34 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Aug 2016 09:34:17 -0400 > > fsmithred <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 08/21/2016 02:57 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > >> > >>>> What do you mean by "default"? There is no default (other than > >>>> between versions of python 2 and between versions of python 3), > >>>> these two are fully coinstallable, > >>> > >>> When you do a plain vanilla, follow every default installation of > >>> Devuan, which gets installed: > >>> > >>> 1. Python 2? > >>> 2. Python 3? > >>> 3. Python 2 and 3? > >>> 4. Neither? > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> You get both python2.7 and python3.4 with the default desktop > >> install of devuan beta. I guess the default version would be the > >> one that /usr/bin/python points to, which is currently 2.7. > > > > I'm gonna ask a dumb and repetitive question, just so I don't make a > > dumb and messy mistake... > > > > In the preceding paragraph, do you mean that both 2.whatever and > > 3.whatever are **installed on the disk and ready to run** when you > > install Devuan and agree with all the defaults during installation? > > > > Thanks, > > > > SteveT > > > > Yes, they're both installed and ready to run. Which one runs depends > on which one of those symlinks you call. You can run 'python2' or > 'python3' to get the respective versions, or you can just run > 'python' and right now, you'll get python2. > > -fsr Then it sounds to me like requiring Python3 to run my software wouldn't be an undue hassle for the *Devuan* user wanting to run my software. This is especially important because, according to Adam, /usr/bin/python will *forever* refer to Python 2, which means if I start my software with #!/usr/bin/python, some day it will simply fail to run, because it's symlinked to a Python2 that can't be installed. Well cool! Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt August 2016 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical Troubleshooting Brand new, second edition http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
