`port select python` and qtwebengine

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Sun Jun 2 17:06:28 UTC 2019


On 2019-6-3 01:59 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> As a side note, as I understand it, it is a user error to make "python" a symlink to Python 3; it should always be Python 2. Going forward, use a "python2" symlink for Python 2 and use a "python3" symlink for Python 3.
> 
> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51572

That isn't actually what PEP 394 says:

> * for the time being, all distributions should ensure that python, if installed, refers to the same target as python2, *unless the user deliberately overrides this* or a virtual environment is active.

(my emphasis)

- Josh


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