[Mageia-dev] Minimal patching vs. fixing the whole Universe

[Maarten Vanraes]

Op woensdag 22 juni 2011 23:51:02 schreef David W. Hodgins:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:47:40 -0400, Radu-Cristian FOTESCU 
<beranger5ca at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > As long as '/usr/bin/env python' _works_, I see no point in trying to
> > rewrite other people's work.
> 
> Excluding the calibre scripts, in /usr/bin of a Mageia 1 kde clean
> installation ... # grep -I python *|grep '#!'|grep env
> ebook-convert:#!/usr/bin/env python
> ebook-device:#!/usr/bin/env python
> ebook-meta:#!/usr/bin/env python
> ebook-viewer:#!/usr/bin/env python
> epub-fix:#!/usr/bin/env python
> fetch-ebook-metadata:#!/usr/bin/env python
> gsettings-schema-convert:#!/usr/bin/env python
> jack_control:#!/usr/bin/env python
> lrf2lrs:#!/usr/bin/env python
> lrfviewer:#!/usr/bin/env python
> lrs2lrf:#!/usr/bin/env python
> markdown-calibre:#!/usr/bin/env python
> pdfmanipulate:#!/usr/bin/env python
> pykdeuic4:#!/usr/bin/env python
> pykdeuic4:header = """#!/usr/bin/env python
> web2disk:#!/usr/bin/env python
> 
> In general, I agree with you.  If it isn't broken, don't fix it.
> 
> However, in this case, the python2 had to be changed to python.
> 
> The environment is not being modified, so it is adding an unneeded process,
> which should be discouraged.
> 
> Since you have to change the line anyway, I have to agree with Ahmad, that
> it should be changed to #!/usr/bin/python.
> 
> Regards, Dave Hodgins

that is exactly my sentiment, and i think this describes a good "policy"