[Nix-dev] Python 3 as default

[Tomasz Czyż]

I would also vote for not changing "default" python as it will break stuff.
I was going to propose what Eelco already wrote here, just to have explicit
sets like python27Packages, python35Packages without any "default".
But I would leave symlink as it is for compatibility reasons.

2017-02-14 15:54 GMT+00:00 Kevin Cox <kevincox at kevincox.ca>:

>
>
> On Feb 14, 2017 07:49, "Freddy Rietdijk" <freddyrietdijk at fridh.nl> wrote:
>
> It would two mean things:
>
>    1.  alias `python3 to `python`
>    2.  add a symlink that points to the `python` program, as discussed
>    before in this thread.
>
> For what it is worth I would prefer that we have a python executable in
> the path (if it is "installed"), but the nix expressions only have the
> version suffixed attributes to increase explicitness and improve
> readability.
>
> Plus then we will be ready for python 4 😛
>
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