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On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:40:07 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > A user has 2 choices: |
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> > - set python2 as default and configure packages that can use python3 |
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> > to use it |
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> > - set python3 as default and configure packages that requires python2 |
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> > to use it |
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> > Which method you use depends entirely on what packages you use. |
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> But Gentoo has two python versions set: a python 2 and a python 3. I |
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> assume that ebuilds specify which version they need, so the default is |
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> rarely used. |
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> In that case it won't matter which is set as default. |
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It's not the ebuilds, they are written n bash, it's the various scripts |
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you tun. If they specify the interpreter as python2 or python3, |
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everything is fine (you can eselect the default for each of these) but if |
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it just calls python, the script had better be written for the version |
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you have as default. |
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On the basis that all python3 scripts were written at a time when the |
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difference was known, but the same does not apply to all python2 scripts, |
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I prefer to leave the default at python2. That was everything should run, |
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no matter how old it is. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a |
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warning to others. |
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