[issue12394] packaging: generate scripts from callable (dotted paths)

[Vinay Sajip]

Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk> added the comment:

> We’ll have to think about the shebang munging and decide if we keep it.  I think 

> recommending that people use “/usr/bin/env python” (or python3) and not doing 
> anything to the shebang may be the best thing.

What about Windows support? Of course there is PEP 397 which brings shebang-line functionality to Windows, but that PEP has not yet been finalised. Without the existing shebang functionality, IMO there will be problems for Windows users with the “/usr/bin/env python” approach you suggest.

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