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Re:Show HN: Xmake, a modern C/C++ build utility by NikkiA on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @09:29AM (#19614354)
The sooner debian kills the python = python2 association and python3 becomes the default provider of 'python' the better, I think I read that it's scheduled for this year finally.
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Re:Show HN: Xmake, a modern C/C++ build utility by pfranz on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @03:04PM (#19617915)
I don't blame the OS guys. Python has been around for 30 years and many distros built a lot of their utilities around Python 2. Getting rid of Python 2 sounds like a Herculean effort that could only start after Python 3 settled down and required libraries were ported over (or replacement libraries written using more modern conventions).

I'm glad we seem to be past the big inflection point and hope to put Python 2 behind us. But I can see never changing `python` from Python 2 (just not have one when Python 2 isn't installed).

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