Re: [gentoo-dev] Stabilization of Python 3.1

[Alistair Bush <ali_bush@gentoo.org>]

> Stabilization of Python 3.1.* will be requested at the beginning of
>  november. There was a suggestion to create a news item which would inform
>  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?
> 

Stablise.

And to pacify all the cry babies out there could we update portage tools to 
call /usr/bin/python2.6 directly? (yes I realise this will break, but at least 
it is a suggestion)   Or how about we (remove python3.1 from the menu)/(stick 
a big fat warning message)/(do something else) on eselect-python.  Or create a 
"system-python" link that all gentoo core apps use instead of /usr/bin/python 
(longer term solution?).  [rant]Hell maybe we could even start using those 
slot dep thingy me bobbies to depend only a slot. So ppl don't have python3.1 
unless something depends on it.  Does portage have support for slots in world?
[/rant]

Solutions ppl.  Thats is what we need.  Not "oh poor woe is me".

Alistair.