Re: [PATCH 4.19 425/425] scripts: switch explicitly to Python 3
From: Pavel Machek
Date: Thu May 20 2021 - 16:36:30 EST
Hi!
> From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> commit 51839e29cb5954470ea4db7236ef8c3d77a6e0bb upstream.
>
> Some distributions are about to switch to Python 3 support only.
> This means that /usr/bin/python, which is Python 2, is not available
> anymore. Hence, switch scripts to use Python 3 explicitly.
I'd say this is unsuitable for -stable.
Old distributions may not have python3 installed, and we should not
change this dependency in the middle of the series.
Python is not listed in Documentation/Changes . Perhaps it should be?
Best regards,
Pavel
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