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On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> Mike Gilbert posted on Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:21:14 -0500 as excerpted: |
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>> At the same time, support for Python 3.2 will be removed from the |
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>> python-r1 family of eclasses. This version no longer receives regular |
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>> bug fixes, and is currently only receiving security updates. |
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> Problem: Gentooers are conditioned to consider -r1 a version indicator, |
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> making "python-r1" the closest back-reference to which "This version" can |
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> refer. At least here that was rather confusing, because on first parse |
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> it looked as if python-r1 (the eclass family) is only getting security |
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> updates, in which case why is python 3.2 being removed from it? |
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> Solution: Make explicit that it's python 3.2 that is security-update only. |
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> One possible rewrite (which also changes the order quite a bit and with |
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> it the emphasis, don't know if that's desired but it appears to do the |
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> job from here): |
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> Python 3.2, now security-update-only as it's nearing end-of-life, will be |
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> dropped from the python-r1 family of eclasses at the same time. |
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It would be easier to just restate "Python 3.2" as the subject of the |
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second sentence. |
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