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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH news v3] Add Python 3.9 news item
Date: Mon, 03 May 2021 20:18:36
Message-Id: 1105db74fe2a6b0540b198f2d6b2dfca7264be36.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH news v3] Add Python 3.9 news item by Sam James
1 On Mon, 2021-05-03 at 19:06 +0100, Sam James wrote:
2 >
3 > > On 2 May 2021, at 23:04, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
4 > > [snip]
5 > > +Upgrade commands
6 > > +================
7 > > +The Python 3.8 cleanup requires that Python 3.8 is removed from complete
8 > > +dependency trees in batch. If some of the installed packages using
9 > > +an older Python version are not triaged for the upgrade, the package
10 > > +manager will throw dependency conflicts. This makes it important that
11 > > +the upgrade is carried via a --deep --changed-use @world upgrade,
12 > > +as well as that any stray packages are removed prior to it, e.g.:
13 > > +
14 > > + emerge --depclean
15 > > + emerge -1vUD @world
16 > > + emerge --depclean
17 >
18 >
19 > Only suggestion: we put this at the top and suggest people do it immediately
20 > on the switchover day, and ideally beforehand to minimise possible conflicts
21 > (so their system is in good state beforehand).
22
23 I want to avoid it on the top, so people don't do it prematurely before
24 reading their options.
25
26 --
27 Best regards,
28 Michał Górny

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