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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] */*: Mask Py2 only packages
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 12:42:27
Message-Id: 1b7c4e4c7b036a4d39a3deac39682ad0d7c31eb2.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] */*: Mask Py2 only packages by Thomas Deutschmann
1 On Sat, 2020-06-20 at 13:29 +0200, Thomas Deutschmann wrote:
2 > On 2020-06-20 12:07, Michał Górny wrote:
3 > > > Al least, python2 is not on your list.
4 > > >
5 > > > Be first into the future by masking this stuff and
6 > > > Last out of the past by leaving up to users to decide.
7 > > > It could stay in the tree, masked, as long as python2.
8 > > >
9 > >
10 > > Do you really think it'd be better to last rite a 1000 packages
11 > > simultaneously?
12 >
13 > What's the purpose of this at all?
14 >
15 > dev-lang/python:2.7 won't go away that soon.
16
17 > Removing perfectly working and up-to-date software which is in
18 > maintenance-only mode like net-mail/offlineimap is just not user-friendly.
19 >
20 > It doesn't even has deps on other Python packages blocking your cleanup
21 > delusion.
22 >
23
24 Don't you think that accussing others publicly of being delusional is
25 not appropriate? Just because someone doesn't agree with your vision is
26 no reason to insult your fellow developers.
27
28 --
29 Best regards,
30 Michał Górny

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