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On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 7:20 PM, <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Nov 04 2014, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Paige Thompson <erratic@××××××××××.sx> wrote: |
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>>> RIP python 3 |
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>>> |
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>>> how do I get rid of it |
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>> It's possible that you can't. Some (or many) packages could depend on |
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>> Python 2.7 because they don't work with Python 3.x. You can check that |
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>> with: |
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>> equery depends dev-lang/python:2.7 |
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>> In my main system (full GNOME 3 desktop), 174 packages depend on |
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>> Python 2.7. Some of them probably can be made to work only with Python |
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>> 3.x, but I'm willing to bet that the majority doesn't. |
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>> Maybe in the future, but I don't think it will be possible for at |
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>> least a few years. |
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>> Regards. |
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> I believe the OP wants to keep 2.7 and ditch 3. |
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Right. Even so, that's going to be even more difficult as long as more |
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and more packages switch to Python 3. Which is happening really |
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slowly, but happening nonetheless. |
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Regards. |
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Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
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