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Re:Python 3.11 by wutbrodo on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @09:20AM (#28759022)
Oh, sure, it's definitely not a good idea to change what the unqualified python binary refers to. But I interpreted "refusing to ship an up-to-date global python interpreter with macOS" as meaning that Python3 isn't shipped at all, with the binary name "python3").

Is that the case? If so, I still don't understand the reasoning.

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Re:Python 3.11 by mbreese on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @11:45AM (#28761033)
I don’t think anything in macOS (the base OS) requires Python, does it? If not, then, I don’t see why Apple would want to ship any Python with the OS. Let people install the Python version they want and then the users will have to maintain it.
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Re:Python 3.11 by wutbrodo on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @06:38PM (#28766633)
The comment I asked rhe question of said:

> the problem is apple. they are (understandably) refusing to ship an up-to-date global python interpreter with macOS

Ie the claim is that it's causing a problem for users. I don't have an opinion about this point, but it is the premise of my question.

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