Deprecation of scripting languages in macOS

[Chris Jones]

On 04/06/2019 12:48 pm, Pierre Tardy wrote:
> Those two relnotes looks incompatible..
> First says that no runtime will be distributed, and second suggests
> python3 will be available.

No, not really. They could remove python 2.7 first, whilst retaining 
python 3.x (as python3) for a while longer.

> 
> 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