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On 4 March 2010 22:16, Sebastian Pipping <sping@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 03/04/10 19:22, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: |
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>> All problems, which were blocking stabilization of Python 3, have been fixed. |
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>> Stabilization of Python 3.1.2 is currently scheduled on 2010-04-19. |
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> #python on Freenode still reads "It's too early to use Python 3.x". |
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> Are they wrong? |
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No, they are not wrong. Python 3 is useless for most users. At best |
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it wastes resources by installing extra python-3 versions of packages |
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that will never be used because python-2 is the default interpreter, |
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and they have nothing that really needs python-3. It will also result |
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in needless runs of python-updater. And it may result in breakage |
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specific to python-3 which users would not run into if they had only |
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version 2.x installed. |
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We need some mechanism to prevent installation of python-3 on |
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systems of unsuspecting users, and make sure it only gets installed |
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when the user explicitly chooses to do so. Personally I am |
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recommending people to locally mask python-3*. I think we should |
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consider to add it to our package.mask, unless we can find some |
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other solution. |
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I am not against it being marked stable, but I am against having |
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it pulled in on systems that don't need it. |
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Cheers, |
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Ben de Groot |
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Gentoo Linux developer (qt, media, lxde, desktop-misc) |
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