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Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] meson: stop discovering native version of Python

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jul 9, 2025, 22:40 UTC
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Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@gentoo.org> writes:
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> "python" may be a symlink to python 2.x, or 3.x, or not exist at all. I
> am not aware of *any* scenario where a distributor has re-packaged
> Python, "python" exists on PATH and is a real Python 3.x interpreter,
> but "python3" doesn't exist.
>
> I am not aware of this ever being an existing real world scenario in the
> past, either -- it is not a "we no longer live in the bad old days"
> scenario.
Good.  Thanks.
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Message 35 of 46 in “A handful of Meson cleanups and improvements”
  1. 0/8 A handful of Meson cleanups and improvementsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 3, 2025
  2. 1/8 meson: stop discovering native version of PythonPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 3, 2025
  3. Justin ToblerJul 8, 2025
  4. Patrick SteinhardtJul 9, 2025
  5. 2/8 meson: stop printing 'https' option twice in our summariesPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 3, 2025
  6. 3/8 meson: improve summary of auto-detected featuresPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 3, 2025
  7. Justin ToblerJul 8, 2025
  8. 4/8 meson: clean up unnecessary variablesPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 3, 2025
  9. 5/8 meson: fix lookup of shell on MINGW64Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 3, 2025
  10. 6/8 meson: fix GIT_EXEC_PATH with overridden -Dlibexecdir=Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 3, 2025
  11. Ramsay JonesJul 3, 2025
  12. Patrick SteinhardtJul 8, 2025
  13. 7/8 meson: update subproject wrappersPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 3, 2025
  14. 8/8 ci: use Meson's new `--slice` optionPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 3, 2025
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2025
  16. Jeff KingJul 8, 2025
  17. Jeff KingJul 8, 2025
  18. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2025
  19. Patrick SteinhardtJul 8, 2025
  20. 0/8 A handful of Meson cleanups and improvementsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 8, 2025
  21. 1/8 meson: stop discovering native version of PythonPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 8, 2025
  22. 2/8 meson: stop printing 'https' option twice in our summariesPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 8, 2025
  23. 3/8 meson: improve summary of auto-detected featuresPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 8, 2025
  24. 4/8 meson: clean up unnecessary variablesPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 8, 2025
  25. 5/8 meson: fix lookup of shell on MINGW64Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 8, 2025
  26. Justin ToblerJul 8, 2025
  27. 6/8 meson: fix GIT_EXEC_PATH with overridden -Dlibexecdir=Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 8, 2025
  28. 7/8 meson: update subproject wrappersPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 8, 2025
  29. 8/8 ci: use Meson's new `--slice` optionPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 8, 2025
  30. 0/8 A handful of Meson cleanups and improvementsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  31. 1/8 meson: stop discovering native version of PythonPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  32. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2025
  33. Justin ToblerJul 9, 2025
  34. Eli SchwartzJul 9, 2025
  35. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2025
  36. 2/8 meson: stop printing 'https' option twice in our summariesPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  37. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2025
  38. 3/8 meson: improve summary of auto-detected featuresPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  39. Toon ClaesJul 10, 2025
  40. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2025
  41. 4/8 meson: clean up unnecessary variablesPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  42. 5/8 meson: fix lookup of shell on MINGW64Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  43. 6/8 meson: fix GIT_EXEC_PATH with overridden -Dlibexecdir=Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  44. 7/8 meson: update subproject wrappersPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  45. 8/8 ci: use Meson's new `--slice` optionPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  46. Justin ToblerJul 9, 2025

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