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On Monday 07 December 2009 22:24:14 Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> My most recent update displayed the following messages from |
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> Python 2.6.4 and Python 2.4.6: |
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> "It is highly recommended to additionally install Python 3," |
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> Why is it highly recommended? I use a lot of modules that |
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> aren't support by Python 3, and AFAICT few of the system |
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> applications will even work with Python 3. So why is |
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> installing it "highly recommended"? |
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Because that's the python ebuild maintainer's opinion. |
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Python-3 is new! shiny! and he likely thinks it's cool. |
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There is no good reason to follow this advice just yet, as you rightly note |
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very little (if anything) *requires* python-3 at this juncture. |
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The only benefit, which is questionable, is that python-3 is where its at |
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development-wise, and maybe perhaps the 2* series will become unmaintained |
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(shades of KDE-3). But I suspect that day is still far off. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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