Greg Ewing wrote: > Steven Bethard wrote: > >> That's an unfortunate decision. When the 2.X line stops being >> maintained (after 2.7 maybe?) we're going to be stuck with the "3" >> suffix forever for the "real" Python. > > I don't see why we have to be stuck with it forever. > When 2.x has faded into the sunset, we can start > aliasing 'python' to 'python3' if we want, can't we? > You could, but it's not my favorite idea. Gets people used to the idea of python == python2 and python3 == python3 as something they can count on. Then says, "Oops, that was just an implementation detail, we're changing that now". Much better to either make a clean break and call the new language dialect python3 from now and forever or force people to come up with solutions to whether /usr/bin/python == python2 or python3 right now while it's fresh and relevant in their minds.
-Toshio
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