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From: Michael 'veremitz' Everitt <gentoo@×××××××.xyz>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] unsanctioned python 2.7 crusade
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:30:27
Message-Id: 2cb99d73-148c-5a67-07af-bc086fb5110e@veremit.xyz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] unsanctioned python 2.7 crusade by Andreas Sturmlechner
1 On 06/12/19 20:10, Andreas Sturmlechner wrote:
2 > On Friday, 6 December 2019 20:47:31 CET Thomas Deutschmann wrote:
3 >> On 2019-12-06 17:44, Mike Gilbert wrote:
4 >>> 1. Keep the old version installed.
5 >>> 2. Emit a confusing error message to the user since the use-dependency
6 >>> on dev-python/example[python_targets_python2_7] cannot be resolved
7 >>> with the latest visible version.
8 >> I don't fully understand #2 to be honest but yes, you will be cut off
9 >> from latest version at some point. Same in PHP.
10 > Considering that above statement, I would expect a bit more humility than the
11 > following:
12 >
13 >> Maybe someday one of those responsible will admit that this step was not
14 >> a thoughtful and good decision and promise not to do it that way again
15 >> and I'll get over it. Who knows. :)
16 > Just so we're on the same page, a recent example of what some people
17 > suggesting to keep py27 ad nauseam are asking users to deal with:
18 >
19 >
20 >
21 > # emerge -uDpv @world
22 >
23 > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
24 >
25 > Calculating dependencies... done!
26 >
27 > Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 KiB
28 >
29 > WARNING: One or more updates/rebuilds have been skipped due to a dependency
30 > conflict:
31 >
32 > dev-python/sphinx:0
33 >
34 > (dev-python/sphinx-2.0.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts
35 > with
36 > >=dev-python/
37 > sphinx-1.5.3[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
38 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
39 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
40 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
41 > by (dev-python/sphinxcontrib-websupport-1.1.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
42 >
43 > dev-python/
44 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
45 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
46 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
47 > by (dev-python/cython-0.29.4:0/0::gentoo, installed)
48 >
49 > dev-python/
50 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
51 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
52 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
53 > by (dev-python/flask-babelex-0.9.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
54 >
55 > dev-python/
56 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
57 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
58 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
59 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
60 > by (dev-python/testtools-2.3.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
61 >
62 > dev-python/
63 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
64 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
65 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
66 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
67 > by (dev-python/pytest-runner-4.2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
68 >
69 > dev-python/
70 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
71 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
72 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
73 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
74 > by (dev-python/flask-babel-0.11.2-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
75 >
76 > >=dev-python/
77 > sphinx-1.3.1[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
78 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
79 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
80 > by (dev-python/recommonmark-0.5.0_pre20181012-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
81 >
82 > dev-python/
83 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
84 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
85 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
86 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
87 > by (dev-python/testpath-0.3.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
88 >
89 > dev-python/sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),-
90 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-)] required by
91 > (dev-python/backports-functools-lru-cache-1.4-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
92 >
93 > dev-python/
94 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
95 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
96 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
97 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
98 > by (dev-python/Babel-2.6.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
99 >
100 > dev-python/
101 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
102 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
103 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
104 > by (dev-python/greenlet-0.4.15:0/0::gentoo, installed)
105 >
106 > dev-python/
107 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
108 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-
109 > python_single_target_python3_5(-),-python_single_target_python3_6(-),-
110 > python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required by (dev-python/flask-wtf-0.14.2-
111 > r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
112 >
113 > dev-python/
114 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
115 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
116 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
117 > python_single_target_python3_6(-)] required by (dev-python/
118 > pexpect-4.2.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
119 >
120 > dev-python/
121 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
122 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-
123 > python_single_target_python3_5(-),-python_single_target_python3_6(-),-
124 > python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required by (dev-python/python-
125 > sqlparse-0.2.4:0/0::gentoo, installed)
126 >
127 > dev-python/
128 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
129 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
130 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
131 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
132 > by (dev-python/pyopenssl-19.0.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
133 >
134 > dev-python/
135 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
136 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
137 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
138 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
139 > by (dev-python/pyasn1-0.4.2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
140 >
141 > dev-python/
142 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
143 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
144 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
145 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
146 > by (dev-python/flask-login-0.4.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
147 >
148 > dev-python/
149 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
150 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
151 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
152 > by (dev-python/future-0.17.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
153 >
154 > >=dev-python/
155 > sphinx-1.3.1[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
156 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-
157 > python_single_target_python3_5(-),-python_single_target_python3_6(-),-
158 > python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required by (dev-python/pyxattr-0.6.0-
159 > r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
160 >
161 > dev-python/
162 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
163 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
164 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
165 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
166 > by (dev-python/more-itertools-4.2.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
167 >
168 > dev-python/
169 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
170 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
171 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
172 > by (dev-python/utidylib-0.3-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
173 >
174 > dev-python/
175 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
176 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
177 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
178 > by (dev-python/traitlets-4.3.2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
179 >
180 > >=dev-python/
181 > sphinx-0.6[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
182 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
183 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
184 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
185 > by (dev-python/wtforms-2.2.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
186 >
187 > dev-python/
188 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
189 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
190 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
191 > by (dev-python/numpydoc-0.9.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
192 >
193 > dev-python/
194 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
195 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
196 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
197 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
198 > by (dev-python/virtualenv-16.0.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
199 >
200 > dev-python/
201 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
202 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
203 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
204 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
205 > by (dev-python/rst-linker-1.11:0/0::gentoo, installed)
206 >
207 > dev-python/
208 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
209 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
210 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
211 > by (dev-python/nbformat-4.4.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
212 >
213 > dev-python/
214 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
215 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-
216 > python_single_target_python3_5(-),-python_single_target_python3_6(-),-
217 > python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required by (dev-python/
218 > cairocffi-0.8.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
219 >
220 > >=dev-python/sphinx-1.3.1-
221 > r1[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
222 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
223 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
224 > by (dev-python/qtconsole-4.3.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
225 >
226 > dev-python/
227 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
228 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
229 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
230 > by (dev-python/ipyparallel-6.0.2-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
231 >
232 > dev-python/
233 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
234 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
235 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
236 > by (dev-python/jupyter_core-4.4.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
237 >
238 > dev-python/
239 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
240 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
241 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
242 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
243 > by (dev-python/atomicwrites-1.1.5-r3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
244 >
245 > dev-python/
246 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
247 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
248 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
249 > by (dev-python/sphinxcontrib-github-alt-1.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
250 >
251 > dev-python/
252 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
253 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
254 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
255 > by (dev-python/paramiko-2.4.2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
256 >
257 > dev-python/
258 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
259 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
260 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
261 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
262 > by (dev-python/pallets-sphinx-themes-1.1.2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
263 >
264 > dev-python/
265 > sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
266 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
267 > python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
268 > python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required
269 > by (dev-python/py-1.5.4:0/0::gentoo, installed)
270 >
271 > dev-python/sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),-
272 > python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-)] required by
273 > (dev-python/futures-3.1.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
274 >
275 >
276 >
277 You write like this is some unknown/undesirable failure mode of portage,
278 when, in fact, just like any change of PYTHON_TARGETS or
279 PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET throws portage into a complete frenzy of confusion
280 because of the tight knitting caused by the python eclasses.
281
282 Now, some proposals have been made to better tie-down of the latter
283 situation here on this same list .. but let's just get over the fact that
284 python interpreters and libraries are just going to be a bit messier for a
285 few years, and we'll have to be a bit more careful when specifying
286 dependencies whilst this transition period washes out.
287
288 I really don't understand from anyone's point of view, the level of
289 hysteria being whipped up over this.

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