[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Python 3.1: Stabilization and news item

[Peter Hjalmarsson <xake@rymdraket.net>]

mån 2010-03-08 klockan 10:53 +0100 skrev Antoni Grzymala:

> Sorry guys if I missed something crucial in this lengthy thread, but
> from what I'm understanding:
> 
> if python-3 goes stable (and unmasked):
> 
> - it is a separate, slotted version
> - it generally shouldn't get pulled in (current portage non-greedy
>   behaviour on slots)
> - if it does get pulled in by, say, and old portage version, or a
>   package with badly defined deps, it shouldn't do any harm because it
>   will just sit quietly in its slot and old packages will still
>   compile/run against (already installed) python-2.x
> 
> or not?
> 
> PS. one thing I realize I may be missing is the /usr/bin/python symlink
> and the /usr/bin/python-wrapper to which it points. Will the default
> change to python31 upon python-3 installation?
> 
> best,
> 

AFAICS you are right (and that is also why I have a hard time
understanding the flames here, are people so against fixing the deps in
their packages and/or filing bugs and/or contacting devrel about those
maintainers who refuse to fix their packages?).

about your ps: pyhon-3 is absolutely harmless in its current form, and
that is partly because it does not take over the role as the system
python unless you do something stupid/uninformed.