[gentoo-user] Re: whats going on with python versions?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2018-07-10, John Covici <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:

> In my last update which was about June 21 or so, lots of packages
> were reinstalled to make python3.6 the default target for python3.
> I don't have any targets like that in my make.conf, so it was done
> -- about 200 reinstalls.  Now when I look at my latest update, a lot
> of them are going back to 3.5 instead.

That's why I set PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_5" in my make.conf.  I
figured it would be best to wait until everything worked with 3.6.  My
guess is that six months or so after 3.6 becomes the default ought to
do it.

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