[gpsd-dev] Fedora 23 will have python3 as default

[Sanjeev Gupta]

(This will sound very similar to my mail of 17 Jul).

Fedora 23 will have python3 as its default.  See:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Python_3_as_Default

At install time, only python3 will be installed, it will be available as /usr/bin/pythn3 .  There will be no /usr/bin/python by default.  Users may install it if they wish.

To reiterate, for those who came in late:
Scons (neither 2.3.4 available now, nor 2.3.5 upstream) support python3.  There is some ongoing work, but no firm date I can find.

There are two issues:

1. scons does not work if called with the python3 interpreter
2. scons needs to call python functions, in its build process, that may be python3 (eg gpsd build scripts)

I will fire up a Fedora23 VM today, and report more info.

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Sanjeev Gupta
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