On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:55:00 +1200 Alistair Bush <ali_b...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Stabilization of Python 3.1.* will be requested at the beginning of > > november. There was a suggestion to create a news item which would inform > > users that temporarily they shouldn't switch to Python 3 as their main > > interpreter. Python ebuilds don't automatically activate Python 3, so I'm > > not sure if the news item is required. What is your opinion about it? > > > > Stablise. > > And to pacify all the cry babies out there could we update portage tools to > call /usr/bin/python2.6 directly? (yes I realise this will break, but at > least > it is a suggestion) Or how about we (remove python3.1 from the menu)/(stick > a big fat warning message)/(do something else) on eselect-python. Or create > a > "system-python" link that all gentoo core apps use instead of /usr/bin/python > (longer term solution?). [rant]Hell maybe we could even start using those > slot dep thingy me bobbies to depend only a slot. So ppl don't have python3.1 > unless something depends on it. Does portage have support for slots in world? > [/rant] Or we could, say, leave it ~arch. Why do you need python-3 in stable? -- fonts, Character is what you are in the dark. gcc-porting, wxwidgets @ gentoo EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 0662
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