Moving from python2 to python3

[Marco Atzeri]

On 28.11.2020 19:11, Ken Brown via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> This is a followup to a thread with subject "[PATCH] doc: Various fixes 
> to makedocbook for python3.8" that began on the newlib list and then 
> moved to
> 
>    https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2020-August/040442.html,
> 
> where it evolved into a discussion of moving from python2 to python3.  A 
> recent post on the cygwin list reminded me that we never finished that 
> discussion.  We left it with the question of what to do about scripts 
> with a shebang that names python but might not work with python3.
> 
> With python2 reaching EOL in a month, it seems that we ought to finish 
> that discussion and make the move.
> 
> Ken

working slowing on it

I plan to use alternatives for both python and python3,
so that by default they will both point to latest python 3.x installed,
but you could use alternatives to reverse to any version

probably I will release a test version of all

python-2.18
python-3.6
python-3.7
python-3.8

before going in full

Regards
Marco