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From: gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] whats going on with python versions?
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 09:39:26
Message-Id: CA+t6X7fNCZYRddZtRe3Yks8HqA45LfGiJob1WPTJ+QxKLjGitQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] whats going on with python versions? by Neil Bothwick
1 2018-07-10 12:28 GMT+03:00 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>:
2 > On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 05:08:10 -0400, John Covici wrote:
3 >
4 >> In my last update which was about June 21 or so, lots of packages were
5 >> reinstalled to make python3.6 the default target for python3. I don't
6 >> have any targets like that in my make.conf, so it was done -- about
7 >> 200 reinstalls.
8 >
9 > It was a profile change.
10 >
11 >> Now when I look at my latest update, a lot of them
12 >> are going back to 3.5 instead. What is going on here -- are the devs
13 >> a bit too hasty or what?
14 >
15 > There were problems with some packages not being compatible with 3.6.
16 > Since you have been running that profile for a while, it is unlikely you
17 > are affected, so you can keep the default at 3.6 by adding this
18 > to /etc/portage/profile/make.defaults
19 >
20 > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python3_5 python3_6"
21 > PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="-python3_5 python3_6"
22 >
23 >> I am on the unstable, but this is rediculous.
24 >
25 > It's not ridiculous, it's exactly what the testing tree is for, to find
26 > problems like this. The testing tree changes quickly, by its very nature,
27 > leaving nearly three weeks between updates is probably a bit too long.
28
29 The same happened in stable as well.

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Re: [gentoo-user] whats going on with python versions? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>