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 1Mp9P1-0002VU-Ig for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:31:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1AD51E07A6; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:31:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA1FCE07A6 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:31:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 684A6675E8 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:31:37 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.556 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.556 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.957, BAYES_00=-2.599] 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 ioxLBh5zyeyx for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:31:30 +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 5DEF1676DE for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:31:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1Mp9Om-0001n9-Lq for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:31:24 +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 ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:31:24 +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 ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:31:24 +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 17:31:26 -0600 Message-ID: <20090919173126.0e18110f@gentoo.org> References: <200909191848.33225.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <200909200855.01012.ali_bush@gentoo.org> 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_/FdCd68=gecIo/wj71aIGukb"; 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: 59a4ee74-d8ab-46fc-93ce-77f3835ce5a1 X-Archives-Hash: ee07934c3cb6da0d6aeac944b85b5651 --Sig_/FdCd68=gecIo/wj71aIGukb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:55:00 +1200 Alistair Bush wrote: > > Stabilization of Python 3.1.* will be requested at the beginning of > > november. There was a suggestion to create a news item which would inf= orm > > users that 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 >=20 > Stablise. >=20 > And to pacify all the cry babies out there could we update portage tools = to=20 > call /usr/bin/python2.6 directly? (yes I realise this will break, but at = least=20 > it is a suggestion) Or how about we (remove python3.1 from the menu)/(s= tick=20 > a big fat warning message)/(do something else) on eselect-python. Or cre= ate a=20 > "system-python" link that all gentoo core apps use instead of /usr/bin/py= thon=20 > (longer term solution?). [rant]Hell maybe we could even start using thos= e=20 > slot dep thingy me bobbies to depend only a slot. So ppl don't have pytho= n3.1=20 > unless something depends on it. Does portage have support for slots in w= orld? > [/rant] Or we could, say, leave it ~arch. Why do you need python-3 in stable? --=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_/FdCd68=gecIo/wj71aIGukb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkq1adQACgkQiqiDRvmkBmIt0ACgr/tbxI34i3/nCCTRveKw//PN kAkAnjtgSsJnx5eLRHDNOKaSPw6Eo2T1 =fx7v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/FdCd68=gecIo/wj71aIGukb--