Gentoo Archives: gentoo-python

From: Virgil Dupras <vdupras@g.o>
To: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-python <gentoo-python@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-python] Problem with packages losing python2 compatibility
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:49:22
Message-Id: 20181211084916.7fb8583a2538e88b0ff7ea31@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-python] Problem with packages losing python2 compatibility by "Michał Górny"
1 On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:07:02 +0100
2 Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Unless someone has a better idea, I think a combined b+c approach might
5 > be the way to go. That is:
6 >
7 > 1. slot IPython as described above.
8 >
9 > 2. update py2+py3 revdeps to use proper cond-dep for slotted version.
10 >
11 > 3. slowly drop py2 from revdeps whenever possible.
12
13 I have a WIP branch trying out this proposal at
14 https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/10615 .
15
16 For now, only line_profiler is adapted to the new slotted approach. We
17 still have to adapt all revdeps, but at least, the slotted approach
18 will (theoretically) limit the area of change to direct revdeps.
19
20 Virgil