[tor-bugs] #33192 [Core Tor/Tor]: Stop assuming that /usr/bin/python exists

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#33192: Stop assuming that /usr/bin/python exists
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 Reporter:  alwayslivid   |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.4.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  extra-review  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                |         Points:
 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by teor):

 * cc: nickm (added)
 * keywords:   => extra-review
 * version:  Tor: 0.4.2.5 =>
 * status:  new => needs_review
 * milestone:   => Tor: 0.4.3.x-final


Comment:

 Looks good to me, but I think the bugfix version in the changes file
 should be much earlier.

 We use the earliest version that the bug was introduced in, so you want
 the first commit that used the path "/usr/bin/python". Here are some
 instructions for finding it:
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/doc/HACKING/CodingStandards.md#n121

 I'd also like to check with Nick (another maintainer), to see if this
 change go in 0.4.3, or 0.4.4,

 Here are the tradeoffs:
   * It's a long-standing bug on BSD, so it's not urgent
   * We still haven't checked if all of our scripts work on python 3 (see
 #33196), and this change could make more scripts use python 3 on more
 machines

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