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On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 05:47:18PM +0000, Jeremy Olexa wrote: |
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> On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:32:37 -0700, Joshua Saddler <nightmorph@g.o> |
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> >> > But everyone else in Gentoo does, so . . . |
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Really? I've seen a few people object, but not everyone in gentoo. |
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> >> Some Gentoo developers/users, who aren't Python maintainers, said that |
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> >> they didn't object to have Python 3 installed. |
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> > They're in the minority, judging by the replies in this thread. |
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> I hate to get into the mix of this, but I suggest researching on "vocal |
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> minority" and/or "silent majority" - the most vocal ones on this thread are |
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> the minority of the population. I'm not attacking anyone, mind you. |
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> I haven't expressed anything on this thread but I'm ok with marking it |
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> stable and having concerned users mask it. The stages might get kinda funky |
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> with both python-2 and 3 on them, but..if they are not BROKEN, I don't |
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> care. |
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I tend to agree with this. I don't think it is right to force everyone |
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to wait until most of the tree works with python3 before it goes stable. |
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That is why python is slotted; it is possible to have both versions |
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installed at the same time. If we have packages in the tree that are |
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pulling in both versions of python but are not compatible with them, |
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their dependencies need to be fixed. If users do not want python-3 on |
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their systems, that is what /etc/portage/package.mask is for. |
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If we are going to make everyone wait until python-3 works with most |
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packages in the tree, let's un-slot all versionf of python and hard mask |
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python-3. |
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William |
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