Inconsistency between bioconda web page and meta.yaml for python 2.7

[dariober]

I noticed that the recipe web page for some packages, like quast, report as dependency python >=2.7,<2.8.0a0 (see screenshot below). However, the meta.yaml only requires python. In fact, it seems python3 gets installed and used. Am I missing something or is this a bug?

[tseemann]

Does it depend on what you tell conda to use as your base python?

[dariober]

@tseemann I'm not sure I understand your question... I'm pointing out an inconsistency between the bioconda web page (screenshot above) and the underlying recipe, meta.yaml. It has nothing to do with my (the user) side. But anyway, I created an environment just for quast and it that seems only python3 is installed, no need for python2:

conda create -n tmp-quast
conda activate tmp-quast
conda install quast

find $CONDA_PREFIX -name 'python'
/export/projects/III-data/wcmp_bioinformatics/db291g/miniconda3/envs/tmp-quast/lib/python3.6/site-packages/quast_libs/minimap2/python
/export/projects/III-data/wcmp_bioinformatics/db291g/miniconda3/envs/tmp-quast/bin/python

/export/projects/III-data/wcmp_bioinformatics/db291g/miniconda3/envs/tmp-quast/bin/python -V
Python 3.6.7

python -V
Python 3.7.1