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On Friday 05 of March 2010 11:22:18 Dirkjan Ochtman wrote: |
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> I *am* a stable user, and I do want to install python3 (without having |
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> to override keywords -- because my packager, the gentoo python team, |
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> says it works!). I recognize the cruft problem, but I don't think |
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> keeping things in unstable |
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^^^^^^^^ |
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It's "testing" :) |
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Now on more serious note, ideally python could be treated just like any other |
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non-leaf package (in dependency tree), just like library. In such case it's |
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completely reasonable to stabilize the newest version of such 'library', |
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especially when it's slotted and doesn't conflict in any way with the rest. |
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However, because of being used by package manager, python is leaf application |
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really and it's going to be immediately pulled for everyone. |
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It would be nice if portage didn't automatically pull newest available |
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packages with new SLOTs unless explicitly referenced in dependencies. That |
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would have certainly caused python 3 stabilization to be a non issue. |
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(@Zac is this "greedy/non-greedy' behaviour you've talking some time ago?) |
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Hmm, but that would also prevent automatic KDE 4.x -> 4.y updates.. |
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regards |
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MM |
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