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Re: [PATCH] Standardize python shebangs

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James Denholm <nod.helm@gmail.com>
Date
May 7, 2014, 12:03 UTC
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On 7 May 2014 21:11:53 GMT+10:00, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
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>Johan Herland wrote:
>> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Felipe Contreras
>> <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > It's better if all our scripts use the same '/usr/bin/env python'.
>> 
>> Only if they are source compatible with both Python2 and Python3. See
>> PEP394 <URL: http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0394/ >. Otherwise
>> (for python2-only scripts) '/usr/bin/env python2' is the way to go.
>
>It doesn't matter. People and aistributions have to change them anyway.

Yeah, but they shouldn't have to. The build process is already non-"sane", let's please not make it more so?

Moving all instances of "env python" to be "env python2", though, that I think is a reasonable solution (if this is even felt to be a problem).

Regards, James Denholm.

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  2. Johan HerlandMay 7, 2014
  3. Felipe ContrerasMay 7, 2014
  4. James DenholmMay 7, 2014
  5. Johan HerlandMay 7, 2014
  6. Matthieu MoyMay 7, 2014
  7. Felipe ContrerasMay 7, 2014
  8. Matthieu MoyMay 7, 2014
  9. Felipe ContrerasMay 7, 2014
  10. Matthieu MoyMay 7, 2014
  11. James DenholmMay 7, 2014
  12. Matthieu MoyMay 8, 2014
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