> The fact that Python 3 has a documented option to install as /usr/bin/python and it mentions it on every regular install is evidence.
No it's not.
Finding a debian mailing list where someone is complaining about incorporating a python3 script "package" that assumes python is /usr/bin/python would be a start. Finding many people complaining would be evidence.
> I remember having lots of problems trying to get Python 2 installed on systems that shipped with Python 1.
Problems created by package maintainers "shipping" python in the first place.
Yes.
> > Evidence please
> The fact that Python 3 has a documented option to install as /usr/bin/python and it mentions it on every regular install is evidence.
No it's not.
Finding a debian mailing list where someone is complaining about incorporating a python3 script "package" that assumes python is /usr/bin/python would be a start. Finding many people complaining would be evidence.
> I remember having lots of problems trying to get Python 2 installed on systems that shipped with Python 1.
Problems created by package maintainers "shipping" python in the first place.