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Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: |
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> 2010-03-19 11:13:48 Dale napisał(a): |
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>> Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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>>> On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:23:31 -0500 |
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>>> Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>>> It's being installed because it's a dependency of something you use. |
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>>>>> Replace Python with any other library and we wouldn't be having this |
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>>>>> discussion. |
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>>>> OK. Right now, as you type this, what package depends on python-3 |
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>>>> and won't work with python-2? Anything at all? If it is nothing, |
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>>>> then why install it? |
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>>> And that's where you're making the mistake: you're treating Python as |
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>>> being different from every other package. |
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>>> In every other case, you want things to be using the newest version of a |
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>>> slotted package where possible. Why aren't you complaining that you were |
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>>> forced to install gcc 4.3 and 4.1 when 3.4 worked just fine? |
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>> Because, when I installed gcc 4.3, I could then unmerge the old gcc. |
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>> That's why I didn't complain about that. With python, we still have to |
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>> have the current version plus the new version which is not being used at |
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>> all. |
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>> Am I not correct in that? If the new python is installed, what exactly |
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>> is going to use it? I used the new gcc. It worked fine. I unmerged |
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>> the old one with no wasted space and one less package installed. This |
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>> doesn't appear to be the case with python-3 tho. It's going to be |
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>> installed and just sit there like a rock. |
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> Python 3 is used during installation of packages, which support Python 2 and |
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> Python 3 and support installation for multiple Python ABIs. You can directly |
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> execute scripts with "-3.1" suffix (e.g. "bpython-3.1" or "coverage-3.1") |
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> to use Python 3.1 even when Python 2.* is set as main active version of Python. |
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But again, if it will work with python2 then you don't need python3. So |
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you still don't need it installed just as has been said many times. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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