X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 6E8B13858D35
Authentication-Results: sourceware.org;
 dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com
Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112;
 h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to;
 bh=GJePCoUok+XmT7N8JgadUZa7da4FL3ubtkfp6EaoGSI=;
 b=erTfZW8X3RHi/AY7ICz0h85PZSog9gd75ptvhDTnHSmHQAfFZWYfotyBfOKwo/1vgg
 LhsiDjuKwsp3B9YEuYqrJgYmZuX1SWyYH0C1g77LqOeofOl7SblKh8z0MMuXwDHTgAZU
 hb1gVL+DDy70yo1QY+iaIdSbgwMLY+XE7HbxSQzfN6dtSQ/PR83BqjNlGDbRVVU/64GU
 7Tjg5cgX9FS8nZZdCCj8bZ/wXBkx+LjxoQg0NIQUgSSQxParFKiH3OGX4+ax4pfZYWjo
 b24ItmdK3Zijn9LEVDZ+zAxUGuumcshcza+I3mSsH8So7EFtJZbs9i8n9PKvd+aNhS8O
 OYbw==
X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
 d=1e100.net; s=20210112;
 h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date
 :message-id:subject:to;
 bh=GJePCoUok+XmT7N8JgadUZa7da4FL3ubtkfp6EaoGSI=;
 b=d/cbboHZsOlMCxeN5hYe3WJExukk2aFzvt2J/kR6mWe7Wjvu06zaLNEFPBaxaQWSvJ
 0FTIlvX+Hj+r/VxNvSF4gUZHDCONF8Kiij+CVX4NC+07E/sTXqLb0vneEBFmhOgzXHTL
 oKN44kjijg3KLQSCUv8jn28ftGu/IBur7DnOfCyeKK+p4C/unxlpoOAku/uaOpegE5XE
 /dc2nNdmFKASG2pkHW164dqAw/4+Swf5Bp9w2K03+iXlY8v7KlI//VhEbzqRy1LJ29q6
 LygHvxwU+gcu2gpmPuC1NeBYuTcsdnK0I1+yqK6Bt5+Eg5Ag/5MJf7jkMKUcfMzsK3gp
 77cA==
X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532Ba0Dr9flXRstdi25895Cwa1EYHku0/kIfftludLwIHTMe1ILJ
 mzAaxi1Ewlin2CTpamUs8CRy8RxRX3wTukh6QrVAYSm2
X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyGI1fIgIWzknDVxLa04VdEVZsUuUTxwmtB+OaYgBsokfDk2TnxzcvCKmZT9q4JMQX/z0XPXe05bp05sMtBkc0=
X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:1a02:: with SMTP id
 bk2mr2994795oib.52.1640291686538; 
 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:34:46 -0800 (PST)
MIME-Version: 1.0
References: <announce DOT 05411ee6-face-7470-82b1-68a7d2870d68 AT gmail DOT com>
In-Reply-To: <announce.05411ee6-face-7470-82b1-68a7d2870d68@gmail.com>
From: Russell VT <russellvt AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 13:34:35 -0700
Message-ID: <CANV2+nXWaHiui6JdsdvhtMLjDzmPCUx-VrmoALWDYVq8ooTxsg@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: python 3.9 packages
To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED,
 DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE,
 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,
 TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on
 server2.sourceware.org
X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29
X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29
List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports <cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Archive: <https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-request AT cygwin DOT com?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://cygwin.com/mailman/listinfo/cygwin>,
 <mailto:cygwin-request AT cygwin DOT com?subject=subscribe>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: "Cygwin" <cygwin-bounces+archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>

Thanks Marco!

One small question/caveat, though, if I may?


On Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 9:11 AM Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-announce <
cygwin-announce AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:

> [...]
>
> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0394/
> In other systems as Debian
> /usr/bin/python is discouraged.
>
> As on Cygwin we have still several third packages depending on
> python2, the usage of alternatives should allow to manage
> until all are updated to python3
>

Even being a Debian / Mint / Ubuntu fan, there's still an incredible of
stuff that uses "/usr/bin/python," instead of something like "/usr/bin/env
python." It seems "not unreasonable" to continue to support that link, just
to allow people who use Cygwin for development, a little additional sanity
for the time being?

That said, people *should* be transitioning to other tools, such as pyenv
or pipenv, to better manage their environments (or, in the case of later
python 3 versions, the built-in venv mechanism)


Regards
> Marco Atzeri
>

Cheers!
Russell VT

-- 
Problem reports:      https://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                  https://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:        https://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:     https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple