Re: [gentoo-dev] Stabilization of Python 3.1

[Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <Arfrever@gentoo.org>]

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2009-09-20 18:51:53 Robert Buchholz napisał(a):
> On Sunday 20 September 2009, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote:
> > Some packages (whose older versions might be stable) might soon start
> > requiring Python 3. Stabilization of these packages cannot be delayed
> > due to the fact that some other packages don't work with Python 3.
> 
> Of course they can. That is exactly the reason I am using a distribution 
> (instead of LFS), because I expect maintainers of packages to 
> coordinate and define a working set of packages for me to use. This 
> includes holding back updates, fast-tracking updates, forward- and 
> backward-porting. Automatisms in updates and blindly following upstream 
> removes that extra value we are there to provide.

I agree. But Python 3.1 doesn't have more issues than Python 2.6, so
the stabilization is reasonable.

-- 
Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis

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