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

Thu Jun 23 01:21:22 CEST 2011

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"
+