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From: Jeremy Olexa <darkside@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-lang/python: ChangeLog python-3.1.2_p20100801.ebuild python-2.7_p20100801.ebuild python-2.6.5_p20100801.ebuild
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:38:06
Message-Id: b3498aab8ba1e3964ea1b89a56f1df3a@localhost
1 > Modified: ChangeLog
2 > Removed: python-3.1.2_p20100801.ebuild
3 > python-2.7_p20100801.ebuild
4 > python-2.6.5_p20100801.ebuild
5 > Log:
6 > remove the backported versions; they're autogenerated, obviously
7 > not tested for 2.6 (bug 330937, breaking portage for anyone runing
8 > unstable python at time of commit), and have been the source of a
9 > shitload of other rather odd bugs till identification of what was
10 > occuring (bug 330667). ignoring a PDEPEND.bad for 3.1.2-r3 for
11 > >=app-admin/python-updater-0.8 also to get these removed
12
13 > + -python-2.6.5_p20100801.ebuild, -python-2.7_p20100801.ebuild,
14 > + -python-3.1.2_p20100801.ebuild:
15 > + Remove untested versions, one of which flat out breaks emerge (bug
16 > 330937).
17 > + These should not be re-added without going through devrel/qa.
18
19 Hello fellow developers,
20 There is quite an issue with python here that I want a wider audience
21 to be aware of because it did affect our users. Especially ~arch users
22 that were trying to avoid python-3. The intent of this email is purely
23 FYI.
24
25 (You can find a fix on the mentioned bug, if you are wondering)
26
27 -Jeremy