[Python-ideas] Migration of /usr/bin/python to python3

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:43:25 -0600
Neil Schemenauer <nas-python at arctrix.com>
wrote:
> This has been brought up elsewhere, I think this is a better forum
> to discuss it.  Changing /usr/bin/python directly to python3.x is
> bad idea, in my option.  It's going to cause users trouble and the
> benefit to Python 3.x users is not worth it.  Instead, let's try to
> find a smooth migration path.

As a data point, when you install Python 3 using Conda, the executable
is already called "python":

$ python
Python 3.4.2 |Continuum Analytics, Inc.| (default, Oct 21 2014,
17:16:37) [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-1)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 


Regards

Antoine.