[capableweb]

AFAIK, at least Arch symlinks python to be python3

    $ file /usr/bin/python
    /usr/bin/python: symbolic link to python3

I think this is by default, I don't remember doing anything special in my setup. `python2` exists for packages still needing python 2.7 et al.

[yrro]

Arch doing this is what fucked it up for everyone else!

[phatfish]

Fedora does the same. Must have been 3 or 4 years ago Python 2 was removed as a dependency from the core system packages and "python" started resolving to a Python 3 release.

I expect this has filtered down to RHEL9 now.

Multiple version are supported with "python2.7", "python3.9" etc. if a version older than the current default is required.

[capableweb]

Hah, sorry? If you don't use, you shouldn't be impacted by the decisions Arch does :) Unless I'm missing that you were joking.

[kweingar]

There are people who write programs on Arch that use the python3 -> python symlink.

Then when that program is packaged for other distros, you get this error.

Not a huge deal by any means, but the non-standard behavior can add a bit of friction.