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From: Nikolaj Sjujskij <sterkrig@×××××××.com>
To: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-python <gentoo-python@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-python] python-distutils.eclass vs. python.eclass + distutils.eclass
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 13:10:36
Message-Id: op.wew2uxcxh7emz2@gentoobook.trollsnaetverk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-python] python-distutils.eclass vs. python.eclass + distutils.eclass by "Michał Górny"
1 Den 2012-05-26 17:07:29 skrev Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o>:
2
3 > On Sat, 26 May 2012 17:01:26 +0400
4 > "Nikolaj Sjujskij" <sterkrig@×××××××.com> wrote:
5 >
6 >> > So I think the second part of this (x.y to x.y+1 transitions, in the
7 >> > Python world, are generally relatively smooth) invalidates your
8 >> > point in the first part: if the transitions are generally smooth,
9 >> > then yes, when Python 3.3 gets stabilized, I want all of my Python
10 >> > packages to be available from the 3.3 interpreter.
11 >> Let's take a "stable" user who updates (`emerge --update --deep
12 >> --newuse @world`) his/her system regularly.
13 >> Python 3.3 is released, added to Portage tree and eventually unmasked.
14 >> PYTHON_TARGETS variable is changed to include 3.3. And suddenly
15 >> `emerge --newuse @world` on stable system suggests rebuilding of
16 >> every package using new eclass, because new (though disabled)
17 >> USE-flags was added. And when Python 3.3 is keyworded stable, hence
18 >> bringing new default PYTHON_TARGETS, user should now rebuild those
19 >> packages once more, but now, at least, not uselessly.
20 >>
21 >> Just yesterday I had www-servers/uwsgi recompiled because of changed
22 >> RUBY_TARGETS. And I even have no Ruby installed.
23 >
24 > I suggest you report a bug against portage and/or PMS.
25 Excuse me, but I really fail to see how this could be their fault.

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