From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ed1-x534.google.com (mail-ed1-x534.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::534]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DB2733858D28 for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2021 06:57:46 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org DB2733858D28 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Received: by mail-ed1-x534.google.com with SMTP id o6so30224535edc.4 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2021 22:57:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject:content-language:to :references:from:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1D5NMbWDIH9hXS3gOCdVh2xyu/7+AuIP2ow3IGncsAY=; b=NZr8y4iLWgj6hoaW5J4sdM3manYRRLx+FiaNdHvlnVOysXzRAL3vEGdHulwziWTKmD zAhz97ZAHib1EfDUXlB4eS9Udm8KbPS23Izmf5BPKuWSOcEIATWU6lW7ur/pKweVaNy6 8R0OvZ/Bo7qe7+r5EE2EO3LlX+WFP4VOu7dTy5+8rnnIo54aRypNGGsAxIOzbYs4rzBH dIo76NfXqqrtl8q4NlD32KppVtO2DW9JA5UJviKs4n7bNZQKkLNHx3aCyOAnv4B/qaDt 5h2Jm2m40gSBwUEWTWDUavHawAmpeh6MxwROx+nv2kQX2Ah/Xg2mLSlkTuV4fNoXtuja geBw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=1D5NMbWDIH9hXS3gOCdVh2xyu/7+AuIP2ow3IGncsAY=; b=FCJOv7HcZ4afmG/CJlRpLpPRKMIf0eIz9Yunr7bJqUIlTU7r+KbInHKGEH3udsaRgj Y1akXTJVrZE7T+d3Z1x6mwzqW5MCvX0kxOeUMMGChZCEFV/q298ohwdYlNKOcEOC5/Xf mKtQlnkdYdIT4imqnoLHvs3yFVzVWNTlpq5alHDlNJqMsskHQ/BeEeC171CCa+7KUlRi 1nJf3OrsVS1XcAEoDgiBdUEYvKh97Dxa8fy/wX7e7uSZgvkBjzP/0SYfchyurwtNd4Lw k0mikiLHFn8PfawO9YKFeXSPDwzh37qjXlGc5vnRfv+IOHiu1t/Xoj/EHHcdUlJNCP/F 3PwA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531Z8IawLghc2AJxpgFISq7UHG3u+9PvQEtQ4SqgF0mShCOgDsJp zX7Q6gCU5PvFoc9lxZAnO0jfuO7s+btkmDx+ X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy8/vpPJQD0C5IWd+UNgPVlcdEaeeKCRg3UR3NUBbqW2JGA4vPKeM4jngNu2rLFMtQsPvovNw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:9b8e:: with SMTP id dd14mr4553977ejc.337.1640329065620; Thu, 23 Dec 2021 22:57:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.14] ([151.33.119.166]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id gb10sm2390294ejc.49.2021.12.23.22.57.44 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 23 Dec 2021 22:57:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3c789d7a-e4ac-f68c-4d01-dc9d88e25857@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:57:43 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.4.1 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: python 3.9 packages Content-Language: it To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: From: Marco Atzeri In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 06:57:48 -0000 On 23.12.2021 21:34, Russell VT wrote: > Thanks Marco! > > One small question/caveat, though, if I may? > > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 9:11 AM Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-announce < > cygwin-announce@cygwin.com> wrote: > >> [...] >> >> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0394/ >> In other systems as Debian >> /usr/bin/python is discouraged. >> >> As on Cygwin we have still several third packages depending on >> python2, the usage of alternatives should allow to manage >> until all are updated to python3 >> > > Even being a Debian / Mint / Ubuntu fan, there's still an incredible of > stuff that uses "/usr/bin/python," instead of something like "/usr/bin/env > python." It seems "not unreasonable" to continue to support that link, just > to allow people who use Cygwin for development, a little additional sanity > for the time being? > > That said, people *should* be transitioning to other tools, such as pyenv > or pipenv, to better manage their environments (or, in the case of later > python 3 versions, the built-in venv mechanism) > > > Regards >> Marco Atzeri >> > > Cheers! > Russell VT > Hi Russell, $ alternatives --display python python - status is auto. link currently points to /usr/bin/python3.9 /usr/bin/python2.7 - priority 27 /usr/bin/python3.6 - priority 36 /usr/bin/python3.7 - priority 37 /usr/bin/python3.8 - priority 38 /usr/bin/python3.9 - priority 39 Current `best' version is /usr/bin/python3.9. python and python3 are still provided. I am not planning to remove it. "until all are updated to python3" means that some packages are still build with python2 and need rebuild/update for python3 Regards