Eryk Sun <eryk...@gmail.com> added the comment:

> That means that libraries should assume they are being installed into
> venvs. Therefore makefiles should be invoking plain "python" rather
> than "pythonX.Y"

In Unix, 3.x virtual environments include a "python3" symlink or copy, even if 
created with a "python" command. A makefile that needs Python 3 can rely on 
running "python3" -- but only in Unix. Though someone using Unix tools in 
Windows (not Cygwin or MSYS2) must already be prepared for this.

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