Re: [PATCH] python: prioritize python 3.x over 2.x

Mike Frysinger <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.patches
Message-ID <YfINhj2Tg6Hh6NtF@vapier>
On 26 Jan 2022 10:11, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, at 10:07 AM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, at 6:37 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> Since Python 2.x went EOL years ago, stop searching for it before
> >> any of the Python 3 versions.
> >
> > +1
> 
> It occurred to me right after pushing "send" that this is a potentially breaking change, for anyone who hasn't bothered to update their code to Python 3 yet and is relying on AM_PATH_PYTHON's search order to prefer Python 2.  I'm still in favor of the change, but I think it should get a NEWS entry.

they're already broken.  `python` has never been guaranteed to be Python 2,
and many distros & site admins have changed it to be Python 3.

def worth mentioning in the NEWS.
-mike
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