installed fine, I immediately eselect python list, and 2.7 is still selected .... see no issue with that.
Can this coexist with Python 2.7 Yes it does, you simply have an option to use it if you want. eselect python set python3.2 change it back to 2.7 when done, gentoo has had it available for use for a long time. On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Danilo Pianini <[email protected]>wrote: > Can this coexist with Python 2.7, or is it meant to replace it? > > 2011/11/4 Fabio Erculiani <[email protected]>: > > Python 3.2.2 has been pushed to sabayon-limbo repository where it's > > going to stay for quite long time (!!). > > > > There are several pitfalls and issues with this version: > > > > 1) it's crap and breaks the whole world > > 2) did I mention crap? > > 3) many modules are not going to work > > 4) many packages (at least 100 from my first scripted checks) might > > pull python3 in due to libertarian *DEPENDs > > 5) Python 3.2.x has a ridiculous bug that prevents Entropy from being > > able to unpack packages properly (DO NOT use Entropy with Python3, > > actually, entropy itself has python2 in the shebang for a reason). And > > yeah, I reported it upstream several months ago. > > 6) A great deal of Entropy code is untested with Python 3. I am not > > planning to support Python3 anytime soon (what they did with Python is > > 10 times worse than GNOME2 -> GNOME3, but only developers do see it). > > Being it a dynamically typed language, it's kinda hard to port code to > > Py3 even with all the unit tests you could ever think of in place (and > > even with the 2to3 utility). > > 7) Stop annoying me with "OMG Python3 is cool why don't you add it to > > Entropy"-like advices XD > > > > Have fun with breakages! > > -- > > Fabio Erculiani > > > > > > > > -- > Ing. Dott. Danilo Pianini > > Site: http://www.danilopianini.org/ > Phone: +39 320 41 36 573 > Skype: dany.sk > >
