Julian, thank you for your comment. I'm not sure I follow you. https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/squid-deb-proxy-client certainly has a dependency declared on python. And while the default in bionic is for python to be python2, is there a reason not to try and make the experience better for those that want an LTS but program in python3 (I belong to that camp)? I see very little downside and if this had been published two years earlier we could have made life different for a good number of people.
** Description changed: - squid-deb-proxy is a apparently a python2 script. I suggest to change - the shebang to /usr/bin/python2 to reflect this. The script crashes for - users who have made python3 the default. + [ IMPACT ] + + squid-deb-proxy is a python2 script. I suggest to change the shebang to + /usr/bin/python2 to reflect this. The script crashes for users who have + made python3 the default in bionic. Anyone with python as python2 is + fine (the default), but somehow who likes to stay in LTS yet program in + python3 this results in avoidable and easily fixable problem. + + [ TEST CASE ] + + Compare "python2 /usr/share/squid-deb-proxy-client/apt-avahi-discover" + vs. "python3 /usr/share/squid-deb-proxy-client/apt-avahi-discover". + + [ REGRESSION POTENTIAL ] + + There should not be any. It just makes the implicit assumption that the + script runs via python2 explicit. + + The only time there could potentially be an issue is if python2 has been + explicitly removed AND python pointed to python3. I have a hard time + thinking why somebody would do that and such a setup would certainly + break in a number of other situations. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1831306 Title: squid-deb-proxy is a python2 script To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid-deb-proxy/+bug/1831306/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
