[arch-general] Python 3 Rationale?

[Mithrandir]

Max Countryman <maxc <at> me.com> writes:

> 
> > I failed to find a reference, but I seem to remember the Python team
deciding at some point that they
> intended to keep the name "python" for the Python 2.X binaries perpetually,
and require Python 3.X to be
> invoked as "python3". Arch might be alone in making this change, and
inconsistent with other Python distributions.
> > EDIT: I can't find a conclusive decision but here is one discussion on the
subject: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2008-February/0...
> 
> There is any interesting conversation taking place over at Hacker News:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1808840
> 
> 


Ha ha! We posted at virtually the same time! (Or not...) :D