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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH news v2] Add Python 3.9 news item
Date: Mon, 03 May 2021 18:04:09
Message-Id: 93872094-C95B-4075-8AE3-D688CF57906F@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH news v2] Add Python 3.9 news item by Joonas Niilola
1 > On 30 Apr 2021, at 08:23, Joonas Niilola <juippis@g.o> wrote:
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5 > On 30.4.2021 3.50, Sam James wrote:
6 >>> On 29 Apr 2021, at 22:01, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
7 >>>
8 >>> +
9 >>> +
10 >>> +You can also switch to Python 3.9 earlier by setting:
11 >>> +
12 >>> + */* PYTHON_TARGETS: -* python3_9
13 >>> + */* PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET: -* python3_9
14 >>> +
15 >>> +If you choose to follow this or the previous approach, you may want to
16 >>> +remove the package.use overrides after the switch or just leave them
17 >>> +in place to protect your system from the next automatic upgrade
18 >>> +of Python.
19 >>> +
20 >> “It is especially important you do not forget IF you choose to add this,
21 >> because it interferes with the natural rolling-with-the-defaults."
22 >>
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24 > No offense, but your suggestion isn't an improvement here :P maybe the
25 > 2nd part (after ,) makes sense and should be added, but the first part
26 > of that sentence is a bit hard to read.
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28 It’s usually easier if you offer an explicit suggestion to help understand the problem:
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30 “Avoid setting these if you can because it will require mandatory intervention in future.”?
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32 >
33 > -- juippis
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