[scribus-dev] Python3 vs Python2

[Craig Bradney]

> On 10 Nov 2019, at 3:57 pm, Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:
> 
> On 11/10/19 7:55 AM, William Bader wrote:
>> I haven't tried, but from scribus/plugins/CMakeLists.txt, I think that you have to rerun cmake with -DWANT_PYTHON_2X
>> Regards, William
>> 
> 
> Hi William,
> 
> Supposedly though, there is something in the GUI to select which Python version, at least that's how I interpret the comments in svn.
> 
> Greg

Hi Greg

We do not intend to keep Python 2.x support around for long. Basically, for Mac OS, Python is included in the base OS and until I package Python 3 with Scribus, its easier to keep the 2.x plugin around. 
Scribus is built with one or the other - William is right, its a build time option and not GUI selectable. 
Any work for ongoing scripting should be using the 3.x plugin if on Linux or Windows. If I get Python 3 bundled with the Mac OS DMG before 1.5.6, this 2.x plugin will likely be removed again but bringing it back means I can also concentrate on other work with Jean and still produce nightly DMGs.
So, if you’re on OSX, ok.. if you’re not, transition to Python 3.x

Craig