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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Debian 10 (“buster”)? by kofejnik on Sunday June 18, 2017 @04:25AM (#14579631)
> Switching to default Py3 is a breaking change

Not only breaking, but also completely unnecessary

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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Debian 10 (“buster”)? by raverbashing on Sunday June 18, 2017 @05:56AM (#14579890)
Python 2.7 being EOL at a future date means switching to Python 3 is needed
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Debian 10 (“buster”)? by falcolas on Sunday June 18, 2017 @10:26AM (#14580765)
Perhaps then a better solution is just to remove the `/usr/bin/python` symlink, and make scripts be explicit in their dependency list.

It would be a small change (that could be automated) in packages, and removes any confusion about what /usr/bin/python means.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Debian 10 (“buster”)? by pbhjpbhj on Monday June 19, 2017 @07:16AM (#14586030)
Sounds like a dangerous precedent to start removing symlinks or otherwise not linking to the latest version? Is that just a foil to stand in for proper updates to other scripts and such.

Shouldn't instead scripts be updated either to be compatible with latest python or to specify the version they demand?

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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Debian 10 (“buster”)? by kofejnik on Sunday June 18, 2017 @01:28PM (#14581759)
even if Guido denounces 2 completely, I'm ready to bet some $$ that 2 will be alive and well long after that date
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