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james wrote: |
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> On 1/25/20 10:00 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>> On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 12:20 PM james <garftd@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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>>> I have removed all syntax/expressions from |
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>>> /etc/portage/make.conf |
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>>> related to python; hoping python-2 would just die a natural, slow and |
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>>> painless (for me) death, on this ancient gentoo install. |
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>>> Any and all comments related to what to check/do are most welcome, |
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>>> related to removing python-2* |
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>> Disclaimer: I'm not involved with the python team, so details could |
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>> change around this... |
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>> Right now that is your best bet. If you don't care about python, |
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>> avoid specifying python-related flags in your config files. Then |
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>> portage will just apply defaults wherever possible. It doesn't always |
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>> work, but that is mainly when packages can only support one version of |
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>> python at a time (which isn't too many of them). |
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>> As long as you aren't going crazy with accepting keywords then the |
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>> profiles should be updated so that python versions are removed only |
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>> after all the packages that depend on them have been removed, ideally |
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>> with newer v3 packages having been stabilized. I suspect this process |
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>> will drag out for months as everybody involved realizes that migrating |
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>> can be painful but it has to be done, so expect packages to steadily |
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>> get masked and to see v2 stuff start disappearing once the packages |
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>> that depend on them are gone. Users can always do overlays if they |
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>> want to maintain their own v2 forks, but I suspect this will be a lot |
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>> of work. Maybe somebody will step up and do it but I'm not seeing |
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>> many signs of it. |
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>> Some packages in Gentoo just aren't super well-maintained and so |
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>> upstream might have v3 packages that aren't in the repo. Bugs and |
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>> especially pull requests will doubtless be welcomed in these cases. |
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>> Just about every major distro is pushing to get rid of v2 so upstreams |
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>> that are dragging their feet are going to have motivation to fix |
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>> things or they just won't have any users left. |
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>> I'm sure at some point there will be a news announcement if users |
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>> actually need to do anything. I doubt the rug will just get pulled |
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>> out from under you. Even the package masks can be unmasked for 30 |
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>> days until the packages start getting pulled which gives you a bit of |
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>> pain-free time to deal with it. |
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> thx, |
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> just a test via another mail-route. curious if it works |
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FYI, it came through but the threading was broken. It appeared here as |
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a new thread. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |