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

Wed Jun 22 23:51:02 CEST 2011

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
+