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On Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:42:33 CEST Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> New USE flags generally change dependencies (as is the case here), so a |
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> new revision ensures that people are forced to install the ebuild that |
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> supports python-3.8. Otherwise, you will eventually find a lot of people |
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> stuck unable to upgrade because they have an ebuild installed that only |
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> supports <=python-3.7, and were never prompted to install the copy that |
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> supports python-3.8. |
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Python target changes must be done with -U, also documented by the |
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accompanying repository news item, not really a problem. |
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