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From: Joshua Saddler <nightmorph@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Python 3.1: Stabilization and news item
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:48:32
Message-Id: 20100324204750.1f34e073@angelstorm
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Python 3.1: Stabilization and news item by William Hubbs
1 On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:12:55 -0500
2 William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 09:36:52PM +0100, Ben de Groot wrote:
5 > > We agree that this is the minimum that should be done. But our
6 > > Python lead stubbornly refuses to honor this reasonable request.
7 >
8 > On the other hand, I can see his point as well. The news item makes it
9 > very clear that python-3 cannot be the default python and that python-2
10 > needs to be installed.
11
12 Again, if it *cannot* be the default python, then it *should not* be installed by default, which is what will happen if it's marked stable and users aren't told to p.mask it. Even then, it'll likely get installed first, as users will probably learn about p.masking it only *after* they install it.

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