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		propercoil on Sept 7, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ubuntu announces 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Beta 1 not a python guy but heard this means python<3 scripts will break? no backwards compatibility with the new version?

briancurtin on Sept 7, 2012 [–]

First sentence is false, second is true (by itself).

Python 3 isn't becoming `/usr/bin/python` - it will be `/usr/bin/python3` and the Python programs that are shipped on the CD will use that. If you thought Python 3 was going to become `/usr/bin/python`, then yes, that would cause backwards compatibility issues.

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