[Nix-dev] Python 3 as default

Peter Simons simons at nospf.cryp.to
Tue Feb 14 13:14:26 CET 2017


Hi Richard,

 > Out of interest can I ask what the rationale for that decision is?
 >
 > I'd like to try to persuade you not to symlink python to python3,
 > because doing so potentially breaks existing python2 programs.

I, too, wonder why we sym-link "python" to "python3". I'm not sure what
the benefits are, but this change certainly broke my setup, so I am well
aware of the disadvantages.

Best regards,
Peter



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