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On 26 Sep 2012 08:13, "Dmitry Sivachenko" <demon@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> It is common to have both python-2 and python-3 packages installed.
> To help transition it is convenient to have bin/python to point to
python-2 binary.
>
> Now for every X in python3X we have a bin/python3.X binary.
>
> So for every new python3.X release one should change shebang line in
scripts.
>
> I propose to tweak python3X ports so they create bin/python3 symlink
pointing to the installed python3.X binary so that people can always use
'python3' name.
>
> What do you think?

I think it's a great idea, at least minimising weird breakage when python
is updated.

Have you a patch?  Also, what do other OSes do?

Chris