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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH news v3] Add Python 3.9 news item
Date: Mon, 03 May 2021 18:07:05
Message-Id: 6AFEEA65-AA7F-42EE-92A3-75DAEA399B04@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH news v3] Add Python 3.9 news item by "Michał Górny"
1 > On 2 May 2021, at 23:04, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
2 > [snip]
3 > +Upgrade commands
4 > +================
5 > +The Python 3.8 cleanup requires that Python 3.8 is removed from complete
6 > +dependency trees in batch. If some of the installed packages using
7 > +an older Python version are not triaged for the upgrade, the package
8 > +manager will throw dependency conflicts. This makes it important that
9 > +the upgrade is carried via a --deep --changed-use @world upgrade,
10 > +as well as that any stray packages are removed prior to it, e.g.:
11 > +
12 > + emerge --depclean
13 > + emerge -1vUD @world
14 > + emerge --depclean
15
16
17 Only suggestion: we put this at the top and suggest people do it immediately
18 on the switchover day, and ideally beforehand to minimise possible conflicts
19 (so their system is in good state beforehand).
20
21 Thank you for making the changes I suggested (especially given I didn’t
22 send a patch and they were quite involved).
23
24 Looks good!
25
26 > --
27 > 2.31.1
28 >
29 >

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH news v3] Add Python 3.9 news item "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>