On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:24:48 +0100 Petr Viktorin <encu...@gmail.com> wrote: > PEP 394 says: > > > This recommendation will be periodically reviewed over the next few > > years, and updated when the core development team judges it > > appropriate. As a point of reference, regular maintenance releases > > for the Python 2.7 series will continue until at least 2020. > > I think it's time for another review. > I'm especially worried about the implication of these: > > - If the `python` command is installed, it should invoke the same > version of Python as the `python2` command > - scripts that are deliberately written to be source compatible > with both Python 2.x and 3.x [...] may continue to use `python` on > their shebang line. > > So, to support scripts that adhere to the recommendation, Python 2 > needs to be installed :(
I think PEP 394 should acknowledge that there are now years of established usage of `python` as Python 3 for many conda users. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
