[Slackbuilds-users] Python (Again!)

[Barry J. Grundy]

I know this has come up before and perhaps been answered and I've also 
read through the related threads on LQ, but I still have not seen a 
definitive answer (if there is one):

Since python2 is EOL and -current/15 ships with python3, is it good 
practice now to build python packages with python3 by default?  If so, 
then what's the best way to handle the multiple versions?  This 
discussion was had on the list back in Feb of '19, but I don't see 
anything definitive.

For example, I maintain dpkt.  The version in the -current (ponce's) 
repo works, but I have an update ready to go when submissions open 
again.  Right now dpkt builds for python2. Here's my question:

My "ready to go" update switches to python3 by default and uses a 
"PYTHON2=yes" option to build python2 modules if the user wants. Would 
it be better to create python3-dpkt and leave the dpkt script at 
python2?  I see it both ways in the 14.2 repo.

Another probably better example is distorm, which is a requirement for 
volatility (which is python2 only).  volatility3 is a separate re-write 
for python3 with different prerequisites (and I already have a 
slackbuild to submit for that when things open again).  So for 
volatility it makes sense to leave distorm as is.  I can submit a 
separate python3-distorm script when I submit volatility3.

Perhaps with the submissions freeze it would be a good time to either 
separate the scripts or at least decide on a "best practice".  My 
apologies if I'm simply kicking a dead horse here.

Thanks,

Barry