On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:32:13 +1000 Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> wrote:
Hi,
I will move python stuff from [testing] soon so we will need a news item... Here is a draft:
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Major python update
A major python update is hitting the repos on a mirror near you. This involves update the python package from the 2.6 series to the
updating, or "an update"
2.7 series. However, with python-2.7 being scheduled to be the last major release in the python-2.x series, python 2.7 is now packaged as "python2", while the "python" package will contain the python 3.x series. This means that /usr/bin/python will point at python 3.x and
"will contain", "will point" ? when you post this, this will already be the case, no?
any programs requiring python2 should point at /usr/bin/python2 instead. All packages in the repos have been updated, but any issues found can be reported to the bug tracker (not the forum or the mailing lists). Any AUR packages using python will likely need updated to point at the correct python binary.
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Comments?