From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 162CE158046 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2024 13:12:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 33BA0E2A39; Sat, 12 Oct 2024 13:12:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E7AB2E2A34 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2024 13:12:14 +0000 (UTC) From: Sam James To: =?utf-8?B?TWljaGHFgiBHw7Nybnk=?= Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, python@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Splitting dev-lang/python into per-slot packages, starting with 3.14 In-Reply-To: <8ce4e62aad6463d0af692305c44dfe2eb887790c.camel@gentoo.org> (=?utf-8?Q?=22Micha=C5=82_G=C3=B3rny=22's?= message of "Sat, 12 Oct 2024 11:13:54 +0200") Organization: Gentoo References: <05da4193-14d7-412c-8fc6-fc72d3fcbf09@gentoo.org> <8ce4e62aad6463d0af692305c44dfe2eb887790c.camel@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 14:12:09 +0100 Message-ID: <871q0lzcra.fsf@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: aad7e2d2-7a79-4e45-a54d-c07f2d47499b X-Archives-Hash: 2e2b50f27ba4de52066158381ef1a519 Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny writes: > On Sat, 2024-10-12 at 10:50 +0200, Luca Barbato wrote: >> On 12/10/24 10:12, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny wrote: >> > Comments? >> >=20 >> I'm afraid it would lead to way too many packages and I'm not sure the=20 >> overall experience would be an improvement. > > 5 are too many? > >> With your proposed solution, if an user wants to have any version of=20 >> python what should ask to emerge? > > Can you actually imagine having a Gentoo system with no Python > preinstalled, with an user actually needing to emerge one? I'll note that this happens readily with crossdev.