[PyQt] Detecting which Python version is used by SIP and PyQt

[Baz Walter]

On 23/10/10 18:07, Phil Thompson wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:39:28 +0100, Baz Walter<bazwal at ftml.net>  wrote:
>> On 23/10/10 12:25, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:
>>> On Saturday 23 October 2010, 02:54:40 Xavion wrote:
>>>> Doing so will save me from having to hard-code something like
>>>> "#!/usr/bin/env python2" into the main executable file, only to be
>>>> disappointed after finding out that some Linux distributions have
>>>> already built PyQt on Python v3.
>>>
>>> For a transition phase of a couple of years, I would do it the other
>>> way around. Your distribution should have created a python3 symlink,
>>> hence, if you code for python3, use #!/usr/bin/env python3, given it
>>> isn't compatible with python<   3, otherwise use #!/usr/bin/env python.
>>
>> not sure i understand you here. the current situation on arch is:
>>
>>       python ->  python3.1
>
> That is unbelievably dumb.

that was exactly my initial reaction. however, given arch's philosophy, 
it does make sense.