Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-26 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
On Thu, 2020-11-26 at 21:21 +0100, Jelle van der Waa wrote: > On 21/11/2020 15:34, Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I want to propose adding all active Python versions to [community], not > > just the latest one. This would only entail adding the interpreter > > itself,

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-26 Thread Jelle van der Waa
On 21/11/2020 15:34, Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: Hi all, I want to propose adding all active Python versions to [community], not just the latest one. This would only entail adding the interpreter itself, no other packages. Having access to interpreters for older active versions is r

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-22 Thread Brett Cornwall via arch-dev-public
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Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-22 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
On Sun, 2020-11-22 at 11:45 -0500, Eli Schwartz via arch-dev-public wrote: > On 11/22/20 10:05 AM, Filipe Laíns wrote: > > On Sat, 2020-11-21 at 20:24 -0500, Eli Schwartz via arch-dev-public wrote: > > > Your analysis is correct, it is indeed hell. I'm not sure why that is an > > > argument in favo

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-22 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-dev-public
On 11/22/20 10:05 AM, Filipe Laíns wrote: > On Sat, 2020-11-21 at 20:24 -0500, Eli Schwartz via arch-dev-public wrote: >> Your analysis is correct, it is indeed hell. I'm not sure why that is an >> argument in favor of doing even more of it though. >> >> Now, if you were proposing to get rid of som

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-22 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
On Sun, 2020-11-22 at 09:43 -0600, Doug Newgard via arch-dev-public wrote: > On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 15:32:22 + > Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: > > > On Sun, 2020-11-22 at 09:13 -0600, Doug Newgard via arch-dev-public wrote: > > > Why did you start the discussion if you plan on ignoring

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-22 Thread Doug Newgard via arch-dev-public
On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 15:32:22 + Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: > On Sun, 2020-11-22 at 09:13 -0600, Doug Newgard via arch-dev-public wrote: > > Why did you start the discussion if you plan on ignoring other people's > > opinions anyway? > > > > Doug > > I am not ignoring Andreas'

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-22 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
On Sun, 2020-11-22 at 09:13 -0600, Doug Newgard via arch-dev-public wrote: > Why did you start the discussion if you plan on ignoring other people's > opinions anyway? > > Doug I am not ignoring Andreas' or Eli's opinion, I understand that they don't want these packages in the repos. What I am as

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-22 Thread Doug Newgard via arch-dev-public
On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 15:05:04 + Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: > As long as there is someone willing to maintain the packages, why would we > block > it? I doesn't really have any effect on the rest of the people. If the person > start having trouble maintaining them, they can be drop

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-22 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
On Sat, 2020-11-21 at 20:24 -0500, Eli Schwartz via arch-dev-public wrote: > Your analysis is correct, it is indeed hell. I'm not sure why that is an > argument in favor of doing even more of it though. > > Now, if you were proposing to get rid of some of this, I could get > behind that. It was n

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-dev-public
On 11/21/20 11:58 AM, Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: > pyenv forces users to compile the Python interpreter themselves, which > can take a long time with --enable-optimizations. > None of the user repos available builds with optimizations, or has > signed packages AFAIK. Of course they cou

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-dev-public
On 11/21/20 11:59 AM, Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: > On Sat, 2020-11-21 at 16:58 +0100, Andreas Radke via arch-dev-public > wrote: >> Am Sat, 21 Nov 2020 14:34:24 + >> schrieb Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public >> : >> >> >>> Does anyone have any big issue with this? What are your thou

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
Whoops, my email client messed up the formatting :/ Here's the reply without the quotes: Looking at some package stats for pyenv[1], we see a usage of 3,4%. I think that is a big enough number. pyenv does have another usage, which is managing custom Python interpreters, which is mainly used in

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
On Sat, 2020-11-21 at 19:11 +0100, Bartłomiej Piotrowski via arch-dev-public wrote: On 21/11/2020 18.48, Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: > I understand that. I am not asking to put all releases of Python on > the > repos, only the active ones, which people are using. I presume you can bac

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread Bartłomiej Piotrowski via arch-dev-public
On 21/11/2020 18.48, Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: > I understand that. I am not asking to put all releases of Python on the > repos, only the active ones, which people are using. I presume you can back it up with numbers how widely 3.7 and 3.6 are used by Arch users. All I can see is th

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
On Sat, 2020-11-21 at 11:24 -0600, Doug Newgard via arch-dev-public wrote: > On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 16:59:21 + > Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public > wrote: > > > On Sat, 2020-11-21 at 16:58 +0100, Andreas Radke via arch-dev- > > public > > wrote: > > > Am Sat, 21 Nov 2020 14:34:24 + > > > sch

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread Doug Newgard via arch-dev-public
On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 16:59:21 + Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: > On Sat, 2020-11-21 at 16:58 +0100, Andreas Radke via arch-dev-public > wrote: > > Am Sat, 21 Nov 2020 14:34:24 + > > schrieb Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public > > : > > > > > > > Does anyone have any big issue wit

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
On Sat, 2020-11-21 at 16:58 +0100, Andreas Radke via arch-dev-public wrote: > Am Sat, 21 Nov 2020 14:34:24 + > schrieb Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public > : > > > > Does anyone have any big issue with this? What are your thoughts? > > > > [1] https://www.python.org/downloads/ > > > > Cheers,

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
On Sat, 2020-11-21 at 16:59 +0100, Morten Linderud via arch-dev-public wrote: > On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 04:47:27PM +0100, David Runge wrote: > > On 2020-11-21 14:34:24 (+), Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public > > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I want to propose adding all active Python versions

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread Morten Linderud via arch-dev-public
On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 04:47:27PM +0100, David Runge wrote: > On 2020-11-21 14:34:24 (+), Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I want to propose adding all active Python versions to [community], not > > just the latest one. This would only entail adding the interpreter

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread Andreas Radke via arch-dev-public
Am Sat, 21 Nov 2020 14:34:24 + schrieb Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public : > Does anyone have any big issue with this? What are your thoughts? > > [1] https://www.python.org/downloads/ > > Cheers, > Filipe Laíns -1 Arch is yours. Whoever needs more and older releases on the system - just d

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread David Runge
On 2020-11-21 14:34:24 (+), Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to propose adding all active Python versions to [community], not > just the latest one. This would only entail adding the interpreter > itself, no other packages. > > Having access to interpreters for old

Re: [arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
On Sat, 2020-11-21 at 07:51 -0700, Zach Himsel wrote: > What would determine what the "default" python be? The latest? > > > -- > Zach Himsel > mailto://z...@himsel.net > http://zach.himsel.net Yep, that would stay exactly as it is right now. We would only additionally provide interpreters (and

[arch-dev-public] Add active Python versions to the repos

2020-11-21 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
Hi all, I want to propose adding all active Python versions to [community], not just the latest one. This would only entail adding the interpreter itself, no other packages. Having access to interpreters for older active versions is really helpful for Python developers. This allows them to easily