[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] Force python scripts to run with python2

[Mcnamara, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Martin Kletzander
> Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 10:17 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] Force python scripts to run with python2
> 
> With python3 being the default in some distributions/installations,
> shebang with just "python" will make the script run under version of
> python that the scripts are not written for.  In order to fix that and
> mitigate future errors, use shebang properly and specify the python
> version.  That way the scripts will run in any distro/install, no matter
> what python version is set as the default.

I think a better approach would be to make the scripts Python 2 and Python 3 compatible.

Some of the new ones already are.