[tor-bugs] #26372 [Core Tor/Tor]: Search for python3 with a better list of names.

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#26372: Search for python3 with a better list of names.
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     Reporter:  nickm         |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium        |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.4.x-final
    Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal        |   Keywords:  fast-fix
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 Right now we search with:
 {{{
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(PYTHON, [python python2 python2.7 python3 python3.3])
 }}}

 But we'd like to prefer python3, and we'd like to prefer more recent
 versions. Ben McGinnes, who reported this bug, recommends
 {{{
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(PYTHON, [python3.6 python3.5 python3.4 python3.3 python3
 python2.7 python2])
 }}}

 As an alternative, he suggests that we have a look at the GPGME Python
 binding M4 files, modulo license issues.

 Personally, I'm thinking we'd like something like "python3, then known
 python3.x versions in descending order, then python, then python2, then
 python 2.7".

 Having typed this ticket out, "Python" no longer looks like a word to me.

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