On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 08:39 -0700, Jordan Brown wrote:
> Laszlo (Laca) Peter wrote:
> >> What is /usr/bin/python going to be?
> > 
> > We probably need an smf service that sets /usr/bin/python to
> > the latest available python.
> 
> ... and if it's not guaranteed that newer versions are compatible with 
> older versions, that means that nobody should ever use /usr/bin/python. 
>   Seems like a shame.

Right.  Python scripts should really use #!/usr/bin/pythonX.Y
(Actually, I've just noticed that /usr/bin/pkg calls /usr/bin/python.
I'll file a bug.)

Having a /usr/bin/python symlink is useful mostly for people to find
python on the system and for simple scripts that work with just about 
any version.

Thanks,
Laca

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