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On July 29, 2020 2:49:14 AM EDT, Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote: |
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>On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 7:32 PM Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On July 28, 2020 9:57:44 PM EDT, Gordon Pettey <petteyg359@×××××.com> |
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>wrote: |
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>> >That dependency is only if USE="-gnuefi". sys-boot/gnu-efi has no |
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>> >Python |
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>> >dependency. Instead of masking/removing refind, remove the USE flag |
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>and |
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>> >force the gnu-efi dependency, or reverse the condition, add |
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>> >IUSE="tianocore", and mask that USE flag. |
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>> >On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 7:06 PM Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o> |
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>wrote: |
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>> > |
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>> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 04:55:57PM -0700, Matt Turner wrote: |
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>> >> > On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 4:17 PM Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o> |
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>> >wrote: |
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>> >> > > sys-boot/refind |
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>> >> > |
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>> >> > How did you conclude that this package depends on Python at all? |
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>> >> > |
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>> >> Hi, Matt. It has a dependency on sys-boot/udk which was masked due |
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>to |
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>> >> using py2.7 only. Hope that helps. |
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>> >> |
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>> >> -- |
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>> >> Cheers, |
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>> >> Aaron |
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>> >> |
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>> That is for the maintainer to decide. Hence, all the previous |
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>discussions surrounding this topic. It is a massive undertaking to |
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>remove py2.7 from the tree. |
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>You've made a very strong case for filing bugs and asking maintainers |
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>to figure out what to do before masking packages for removal. |
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Haven't we had this discussion before? Further, hasn't the community been made aware through multiple channels of the impending removal of Py2? |
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In the end, a few packages get saved and a *lot* go away. Let's just save the few and move on please... |
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