Re: [gentoo-dev] Stabilization of Python 3.1

[Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis]

2009-09-20 20:46:17 Nirbheek Chauhan napisał(a):
> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
> <Arfrever@g.o> wrote:
> > There is a difference between Python scripts and Python modules.
> >
>
> Yes, I'm well aware of the difference between them.
>
> [snip]
> > Python modules shouldn't have shebang. Python modules are intended to
> > be imported from Python scripts or other Python modules. Any shebang
> > in a Python module is ignored, when this module is imported using 'import'
> > statement.
> >
>
> You forget that the search path for both installs is different, and
> hence modules installed for python-3 cannot be found/used by scripts
> using python-2;

These modules can be installed for both Python 2 and 3 simultaneously.

> >> Seriously, if you *really* *really* want python-3 stable, it should:
> ...
> >> 2) NOT be a dependency of any package in stable
> >
> > It isn't implementable without having to change dependencies in hundreds
> > of packages. There is nothing wrong in having Python 3 installed which
> > would use small amount of disk space.
> >
>
> You're twisting what I mean. You know what I mean -- packages
> *needing* python-3.

So "Seriously, if you *really* *really* want python-3 stable, it should:
...
2) NOT be a dependency of any package in stable" is already met, because
no stable package unconditionally needs Python 3. If it was otherwise,
then the dependency tree of these stable packages would be broken.

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Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis