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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] */*: Mask Py2 only packages
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 11:30:12
Message-Id: e38b8f6e-bf52-86ed-0115-35ee6e3a127d@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] */*: Mask Py2 only packages by "Michał Górny"
1 On 2020-06-20 12:07, Michał Górny wrote:
2 >> Al least, python2 is not on your list.
3 >>
4 >> Be first into the future by masking this stuff and
5 >> Last out of the past by leaving up to users to decide.
6 >> It could stay in the tree, masked, as long as python2.
7 >>
8 >
9 > Do you really think it'd be better to last rite a 1000 packages
10 > simultaneously?
11
12 What's the purpose of this at all?
13
14 dev-lang/python:2.7 won't go away that soon.
15
16 Removing perfectly working and up-to-date software which is in
17 maintenance-only mode like net-mail/offlineimap is just not user-friendly.
18
19 It doesn't even has deps on other Python packages blocking your cleanup
20 delusion.
21
22
23 --
24 Regards,
25 Thomas Deutschmann / Gentoo Linux Developer
26 fpr: C4DD 695F A713 8F24 2AA1 5638 5849 7EE5 1D5D 74A5

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Re: [gentoo-dev] */*: Mask Py2 only packages Azamat Hackimov <azamat.hackimov@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] */*: Mask Py2 only packages "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] */*: Mask Py2 only packages Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>