Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Please port your packages to Python 3.8
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 13:40:30
Message-Id: 4bf3f4ef-efd9-ad08-6fa1-a147fcc13e38@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Please port your packages to Python 3.8 by Rich Freeman
1 On 2020-09-04 09:22, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 >
3 > Current Gentoo policy:
4 >
5 > ...if the changes are likely to cause problems for end users."
6
7 If you're willing to ignore the user reports of problems, and ignore the
8 mailing list threads telling you that it will cause problems, and avoid
9 running any tests, then it becomes possible to construct a fortress of
10 flawed reasoning to defend the claim that "this won't cause problems for
11 end users."