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On 24/11/19 16:06, Francesco Riosa wrote: |
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> Since we are here ... |
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> I'd still like to see some way to adopt latest python version if user |
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> wants to. |
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> One way it could work is that we add a "LATEST" to PYTHON_TARGETS that |
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> would always build against best version of python. |
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> To avoid complications if a new version of python is emerged together |
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> with other packages it must always include also a numeric version like 3_8 |
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> Regarding your proposal getting rid of PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET would be nice |
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> but being able to have multiple version of python installed is nicer and |
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> differentiate gentoo from most other distro |
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> Alternative 2 is also nice, the only thing that make me dubious is that |
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> it looks like it will be a gigantic work, but you have a better sense of |
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> the situation and will be one of those doing the actual work, so go for it! |
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Most distros have (or haD) .. python2 and python3 (not necessarily each |
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with their suffix) in their repo's .. but being able to have multiple |
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branches of either is certainly a feature IMHO. |
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I'm certainly for re-working the PYTHON_[SINGLE_]TARGETS dependencies, as |
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they can often get 'screwed up' when upgrading between versions, and |
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updating packages in between, and all quickly gets out of sync, and |
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requires a lot of hacking to fix up properly. |