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On Sun, 2 Sep 2012 13:16:38 -0400 |
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Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Thomas Sachau <tommy@g.o> |
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> wrote: |
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> > Mike Gilbert schrieb: |
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> >> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@g.o> |
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> >> wrote: |
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> >>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Richard Yao <ryao@g.o> |
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> >>> wrote: |
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> >>>>> Does this seem like a viable option? Is anyone going to |
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> >>>>> volunteer to take it from here? |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> I can try to make time to make these changes this weekend if |
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> >>>> everyone is fine with that. |
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> >>> I think we should inform gentoo-dev first. |
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> >> |
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> >> Just in case someone is waiting for me to take some further |
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> >> actions on this, please don't wait on me. I really don't have the |
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> >> motivation to carry this plan any further. |
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> >> |
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> >> If someone else wants to carry the torch, I am happy to assist. |
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> >> |
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> > Just to get the right summary: |
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> > The plan is now to replace all dependencies in ebuilds, which have |
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> > either "dev-lang/python" or something like ">=dev-lang/python-X.Y" |
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> > to use "virtual/python" instead? |
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> That's right. |
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> > What about versioned dependencies exluding python versions still in |
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> > the main tree like ">=dev-lang/python-2.7"? |
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> In this case the virtual would not work. Instead, it could be replaced |
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> with this: |
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> || ( =dev-lang/python-2.7* =dev-lang/python-3* ) |
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> Similarly, >=dev-lang/python-2.6 could be replaced with this: |
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> || ( =dev-lang/python-2.7* =dev-lang/python-2.6* =dev-lang/python-3* ) |
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You could go with virtual/python-2.7, -2.6, -2.5 being an appropriate |
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minimal version. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |