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Hi, |
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i would like to see a discussion and, if needed, a decision on the following topic: |
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Currently, some packages just depend on "dev-lang/python". Arfrever claims it to be right, but this |
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dependency does pull in python-3*, even if the package does not require it (or does not even work |
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with it). Since the real dep is either "=dev-lang/python-2*" or "|| ( dev-lang/python:3.1 |
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dev-lang/python:2.7 dev-lang/python-2.6 dev-lang/python:2.5 )", it means in both cases, that my |
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install of python-2.6* should meet the requirement, so the package should not pull in the unneeded |
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and not used python-3*. |
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There are 2 ways to fix this issue: |
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-fix the dependency string for those packages (including the lines in distutils.eclass) |
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or (since Arfrever claims current portage behaviour is wrong) |
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-change portage behaviour to be satisfied with a python slot and to not require other slots. |
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Thomas Sachau |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |
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