Re: [gentoo-dev] Actions of python team, especially Arfrever wrt python eclass and python-3*

["Domen Kožar" <domen@dev.si>]

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On Sun, 2010-06-06 at 14:41 +0200, Thomas Sachau wrote:
> Am 06.06.2010 13:50, schrieb Domen Kožar:
> >> And if you add a python slot or remove one, portage currently is not able to see that and to
> >> reinstall packages, which had modules installed for that slot. You need another tool
> >> (python-updater) to check that and to call the needed reinstalls.
> > 
> > I agree with this fact, user should not be required to read additional
> > documenation for portage to function as wanted. 
> > 
> > I'm very unfamiliar with inner workings of portage, but using
> > python-updater implementation, USE_PYTHON behaviour shouldn't be that
> > hard to implement?
> 
> You want some additional switch to portage, which does the work of python-updater? That would just
> move the code, but would still have the same limitations. What does speak against explicit user
> control for optional features/slots, including dependency handling by the package manager like in my
> proposal?
> 

Maybe I expressed myself wrong. Portage would only reuse python-updater
to detect and repair changes with python installation.

If I understand correctly, one solution would be to pull stable 2.x, and
only install other slots according to USE_PYTHON.


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