Re: [PATCH] python: prioritize python 3.x over 2.x

[Zack Weinberg]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2022, at 9:20 PM, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote:
>> Now, nobody listens to me, and I'm painfully aware that "python"
>> pointing to Python 3 is common, but that doesn't mean Autotools should
>> make the situation even worse.  Autotools should, on its own motion,
>> discourage the use of "python".  Thus, my suggested changes.
>
> Are Python 2 and Python 3 different enough that perhaps Automake should 
> have separate AM_PATH_PYTHON2 and AM_PATH_PYTHON3 macros, with 
> AM_PATH_PYTHON deprecated, since few programs can usefully run with 
> either Python 2 or 3?

Long term, yes, probably.

zw