[webkit-dev] Python

[Alicia Boya García]

On 08/12/2017 11:40 PM, Ryosuke Niwa wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 8:06 AM, Michael Catanzaro
> <mcatanzaro at igalia.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez
>> <clopez at igalia.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> That's a good thing.
>>>
>>> I believe all Linux distros we support have this, right?
>>> And all the scripts actually assume python2.7 (AFAIK).
>>>
>>> Would it work for everyone having as shebang :
>>>
>>> #!/usr/bin/env python2.7
>>>
>>> ?
>>
>>
>> So this is by far the easiest solution of those that have been proposed. I
>> think we should try this as a stopgap until macOS is fixed to provide a
>> python2 binary.
> 
> What's wrong with using that as the permanent solution until we make
> it Python3 compatible?
> 
> I don't think it's wise to assume /usr/bin/python2 will be added on
> Mac anytime soon.
> 
> - R. Niwa
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+1, python2.7 is well supported among different systems.

It would be desirable to move to Python 3 eventually, but that's an
endeavor that should not be taken lightly, as many things can break in
subtle ways.

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Alicia