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From: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Cc: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] */*: Mask Py2 only packages
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 17:48:27
Message-Id: 2492342.lGaqSPkdTl@tuxbrain
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] */*: Mask Py2 only packages by Rich Freeman
1 On Wednesday, 24 June 2020 13:19:08 CEST Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > You seem to think that maintainers should know if they're maintaining
3 > a v2-only package. I suspect that most maintainers don't pay that
4 > close attention to what versions of python are supported by their
5 > various packages, and neither do most users.
6
7 I would expect exactly that of maintainers. By now, there has been py27-EOL
8 mail on this list aplenty for everyone to get the message.
9
10 Instead, every single maintainer should already have removed py27 from
11 defaults and be actively cutting down the resulting package.use list of those
12 packages they maintain and if necessary also their dependencies.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] */*: Mask Py2 only packages "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>