Testing Python3

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Wed Mar 21 14:34:34 UTC 2018


Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> >From packaging/packaging.txt
> 
> > The shebang lines in our Python scripts point to
> > "python".  Part of our standard tests check that
> > you can change that to "python3" without breaking
> > anything.
> 
> What sort of testing is that?  How do I run it on my setup?

Alas, the client tools are difficult ebnough to test-jig that I have
to hand-test under Python 3 before releases.  I have a routine for this
and I assume Ian does as well.
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