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On 03/05/2010 01:41 AM, Joshua Saddler wrote: |
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> If it's stable, then users get it by default, assuming they run the stable tree. They install a recent stage3, build their system, run emerge -uD world. Bam, a useless version of Python is now installed. Nothing on their systems will use it, so it's bloat. |
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In portage-2.1.7.x (current stable), there is support for |
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pseudo-version-ranges in dependencies. This allows you use a |
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dependency like <dev-lang/python-3 in a package that doesn't support |
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python3, and that will prevent it from getting pulled into the |
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dependency graph. |
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If a package that supports python3 gets pulled into the depedency |
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graph, then either it's the user's responsibility to mask it or else |
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we could provide the ability to disable python3 support with a USE |
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flag setting. |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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