Re: [gpsd-dev] Python Shebang Lines

[Fred Wright]

On Tue, 27 Dec 2016, Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> Fred Wright <address@hidden>:
> > I wanted to post this here to make sure nobody screams before pushing the
> > change to the main repo.
>
> I consider this approach overcomplicated and brittle.
>
> It's better, and easier, to write your Python so that it adapts to whatever
> interpreter it sees.

Will you please read what I wrote, explaining why "adapts" is not
possible.  When the Python it's running with lacks the libraries it
needs, how is it supposed to "adapt"?

If anything is "brittle", it's *not* binding the program at install time
to the Python that has the libraries.

Fred Wright