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[Bug-gnubg] GNUbg and python
From: |
Philippe Michel |
Subject: |
[Bug-gnubg] GNUbg and python |
Date: |
Tue, 8 Jan 2019 22:39:21 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.11.2 (2019-01-07) |
By default, GNUbg is built with an embedded Python language interpreter,
allowing advanced scripting by calling evaluation and analysis functions
from a general purpose programming language much more versatile than the
basic CLI commands.
At this time, the version of the language that is used by default (by
our Windows builds and, as far as I know, by all Linux distributions and
BSD-style ports) is Python 2. Python 3 has been supported for some time
though and GNUbg can already be built with it instead.
Python 2 support by its developers will stop at the end of the year.
This version will certainly remain available in Linux distributions and
in the mingw toolkit used for Windows builds, but we certainly will
switch to Python 3 at some time.
I'd be interested in feedback from :
- people who use Python with GNUbg. Would you be rather reluctant to the
change ? Or are you familiar enough with both versions of the language
and already use code compatible with either one with little or no
modifications ? Or are you already using a self-built, Python3-enabled,
GNUbg ?
- package maintainers for Linux distributions. What do you intend to do
for GNUbg ? Does your distribution have general recommendations or
policies about which Python version to use ?
- [Bug-gnubg] GNUbg and python,
Philippe Michel <=