[PATCH] nmbug: explicitly prefer python3
Daniel Kahn Gillmor
dkg at fifthhorseman.net
Fri Feb 9 10:36:48 PST 2018
On Fri 2018-02-09 09:12:57 -0800, W. Trevor King wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 08, 2018 at 11:32:11PM -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
>> nmbug and notmuch-report are developer tools. It's 2018, and all
>> developers should have python3 available.
>
> From PEP 394 [1]:
>
> One exception to this is scripts that are deliberately written to be
> source compatible with both Python 2.x and 3.x. Such scripts may
> continue to use python on their shebang line without affecting their
> portability.
>
> So while everyone who uses nmbug may have python3, I don't see a need
> to pick sides. Is there something using python3 gets you for nmbug
> that you miss with python2?
Yep, i get to remove python 2 from my operating system :)
Smaller installed codebase, fewer bugs. There are only two outstanding
holdovers for me, and nmbug is one of them.
--dkg
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