From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@gentoo.org>
Cc: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>,
irecca.kun@gmail.com, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] meson: stop discovering native version of Python
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:40:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqy0sx9ee2.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1664d442-7985-41b7-9391-78f78ece7601@gentoo.org> (Eli Schwartz's message of "Wed, 9 Jul 2025 18:22:46 -0400")
Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@gentoo.org> writes:
> "python" may be a symlink to python 2.x, or 3.x, or not exist at all. I
> am not aware of *any* scenario where a distributor has re-packaged
> Python, "python" exists on PATH and is a real Python 3.x interpreter,
> but "python3" doesn't exist.
>
> I am not aware of this ever being an existing real world scenario in the
> past, either -- it is not a "we no longer live in the bad old days"
> scenario.
Good. Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-09 22:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-03 9:28 [PATCH 0/8] A handful of Meson cleanups and improvements Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-03 9:28 ` [PATCH 1/8] meson: stop discovering native version of Python Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-08 19:38 ` Justin Tobler
2025-07-09 6:16 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-03 9:28 ` [PATCH 2/8] meson: stop printing 'https' option twice in our summaries Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-03 9:28 ` [PATCH 3/8] meson: improve summary of auto-detected features Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-08 19:56 ` Justin Tobler
2025-07-03 9:28 ` [PATCH 4/8] meson: clean up unnecessary variables Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-03 9:28 ` [PATCH 5/8] meson: fix lookup of shell on MINGW64 Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-03 9:28 ` [PATCH 6/8] meson: fix GIT_EXEC_PATH with overridden -Dlibexecdir= Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-03 16:39 ` Ramsay Jones
2025-07-08 8:44 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-03 9:28 ` [PATCH 7/8] meson: update subproject wrappers Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-03 9:28 ` [PATCH 8/8] ci: use Meson's new `--slice` option Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-08 0:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-07-08 1:12 ` Jeff King
2025-07-08 1:39 ` Jeff King
2025-07-08 4:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-07-08 7:16 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-08 7:57 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] A handful of Meson cleanups and improvements Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-08 7:57 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] meson: stop discovering native version of Python Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-08 7:57 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] meson: stop printing 'https' option twice in our summaries Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-08 7:57 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] meson: improve summary of auto-detected features Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-08 7:57 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] meson: clean up unnecessary variables Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-08 7:57 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] meson: fix lookup of shell on MINGW64 Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-08 20:44 ` Justin Tobler
2025-07-08 7:57 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] meson: fix GIT_EXEC_PATH with overridden -Dlibexecdir= Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-08 7:57 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] meson: update subproject wrappers Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-08 7:57 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] ci: use Meson's new `--slice` option Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-09 6:23 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] A handful of Meson cleanups and improvements Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-09 6:23 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] meson: stop discovering native version of Python Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-09 15:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-07-09 21:36 ` Justin Tobler
2025-07-09 22:22 ` Eli Schwartz
2025-07-09 22:40 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-07-09 6:23 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] meson: stop printing 'https' option twice in our summaries Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-09 15:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-07-09 6:23 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] meson: improve summary of auto-detected features Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-10 15:25 ` Toon Claes
2025-07-10 16:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-07-09 6:23 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] meson: clean up unnecessary variables Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-09 6:23 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] meson: fix lookup of shell on MINGW64 Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-09 6:23 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] meson: fix GIT_EXEC_PATH with overridden -Dlibexecdir= Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-09 6:23 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] meson: update subproject wrappers Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-09 6:23 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] ci: use Meson's new `--slice` option Patrick Steinhardt
2025-07-09 21:37 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] A handful of Meson cleanups and improvements Justin Tobler
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