Deprecation of scripting languages in macOS

Pierre Tardy tardyp at gmail.com
Tue Jun 4 11:48:10 UTC 2019


Those two relnotes looks incompatible..
First says that no runtime will be distributed, and second suggests
python3 will be available.

Pierre

Le mar. 4 juin 2019 à 09:56, Mojca Miklavec <mojca at macports.org> a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
> Below is a quote from
>
> https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos_release_notes/macos_10_15_beta_release_notes
>
> Scripting Language Runtimes
>
> Deprecations
>
> Scripting language runtimes such as Python, Ruby, and Perl are
> included in macOS for compatibility with legacy software. Future
> versions of macOS won’t include scripting language runtimes by
> default, and might require you to install additional packages. If your
> software depends on scripting languages, it’s recommended that you
> bundle the runtime within the app. (49764202)
>
> Use of Python 2.7 isn’t recommended as this version is included in
> macOS for compatibility with legacy software. Future versions of macOS
> won’t include Python 2.7. Instead, it’s recommended that you run
> python3 from within Terminal. (51097165)
>
> Mojca


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