From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mp6qG-0003Ew-0U for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:47:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D86CDE0800; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:47:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2B0AE0800 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:47:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5761567992 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:47:34 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.836 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.836 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-2.096, BAYES_20=-0.74] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id DgEaXgZP8BsN for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:47:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB28867817 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:47:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1Mp6q3-0001l7-L1 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:47:23 +0200 Received: from 64-201-202-141.regn.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca ([64.201.202.141]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:47:23 +0200 Received: from dirtyepic by 64-201-202-141.regn.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:47:23 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Ryan Hill Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Stabilization of Python 3.1 Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:47:23 -0600 Message-ID: <20090919144723.299c9877@gentoo.org> References: <200909191848.33225.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <20090919193508.GH2898@aerie.halcy0n.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/iDTMkxJ3pzf=kEK/FZl_Mdt"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 64-201-202-141.regn.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.5; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: f0ff548d-7f8a-424a-8eb9-0c1039a979d4 X-Archives-Hash: 5aae4da639a900c0f9d2e8244b2ff532 --Sig_/iDTMkxJ3pzf=kEK/FZl_Mdt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:35:08 -0400 Mark Loeser wrote: > Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis said: > > Stabilization of Python 3.1.* will be requested at the beginning of nov= ember. > > There was a suggestion to create a news item which would inform users t= hat > > temporarily they shouldn't switch to Python 3 as their main interpreter. > > Python ebuilds don't automatically activate Python 3, so I'm not sure if > > the news item is required. What is your opinion about it? >=20 > Please don't do this. The stable system is meant to "Just Work". We > don't need people switching between python versions and making half of > their system unusuable. There is absolutely no benefit to moving it to > stable. I have to agree. It gains us nothing and creates an opportunity for disaster. Anyone wanting python-3.1 has the ability to unmask it. --=20 fonts, Character is what you are in the dark. gcc-porting, wxwidgets @ gentoo EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 0662 --Sig_/iDTMkxJ3pzf=kEK/FZl_Mdt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkq1Q18ACgkQiqiDRvmkBmJfeQCfRl1ZhUSpMYRtR4XYCht4NE6s RLsAoL6DD5evkoWgeiItebhwweASrJ01 =1TX5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/iDTMkxJ3pzf=kEK/FZl_Mdt--