[Nix-dev] Python 3 as default

[Freddy Rietdijk]

Peter, could you explain how it broke your setup?

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Peter Simons <simons at nospf.cryp.to> wrote:

> 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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