Stop changing my python version and making it default

[iedmrc]

Output of brew config

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 4.5.1
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 541d8879c4ba9b868aa8d6e1b54a5813d7621e39
Last commit: 7 days ago
Branch: stable
Core tap JSON: 06 May 10:27 UTC
Core cask tap JSON: 06 May 10:27 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /opt/homebrew
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 11
Homebrew Ruby: 3.4.3 => /opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.4.3/bin/ruby
CPU: 11-core 64-bit arm_lobos
Clang: 16.0.0 build 1600
Git: 2.39.5 => /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 15.3.1-arm64
CLT: 16.2.0.0.1.1733547573
Xcode: 16.2
Rosetta 2: false

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Description of issue

Stop changing my python version and making it default. This is really annoying behaviour. It even doesn't let me to specify the current python version that I want as default. It's like a path to take the ring to Mordor.

[SMillerDev]

Just like everything else in Homebrew, Python is always kept up to date with the latest version. If you need a specific Python version the recommendation from Homebrew as well as the Python developers is to use something like pyenv.

[adamigen]

Brew in "/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv" adds itself in PATH with higher priority than system paths.
Which means that python3 now points to brew installed python instead of system python. How can I change that?

[adamigen]

You can just say "we are not interested in making this configurable" instead of making silly numbers up to back a nonexistent argument.

[SMillerDev]

I at least am not interested in putting in volunteer time to allow one demanding user to work around a standard Linux configuration variable.

[carlocab]

You're welcome to prove me wrong by opening a pull request to adjust brew shellenv to do what you need it to. We'll be happy to merge it if the changes you make are useful and maintainable.

[adamigen]

I at least am not interested in putting in volunteer time to allow one demanding user to work around a standard Linux configuration variable.

If you don't think that manually splicing around PATH in order to have python point to the system wide python instead of whatever version brew has pulled is a hacky non-solution, there's no point in this discussion. My attitude stemmed from your original dismissal.

[p-linnane]

@adamigen No Homebrew maintainer in this thread, including myself, see any reason to change the existing behavior. Feel free to open a PR implementing what you'd like to see and we'll review it. Your poor attitude is not welcome in this space and shows a level of entitlement and disregard for those of us who spend our free time running this massive project.