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 1Nue3c-00077G-Ea for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:48:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2D596E0A88; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:48:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A38EE0A69 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:47:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from angelstorm (cpe-76-93-187-113.san.res.rr.com [76.93.187.113]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 954771B4012 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:47:54 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:47:50 -0700 From: Joshua Saddler To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Python 3.1: Stabilization and news item Message-ID: <20100324204750.1f34e073@angelstorm> In-Reply-To: <20100324211255.GA23676@linux1> References: <201003041923.17749.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <201003241744.31105.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <20100324095735.1bba94a2@angelstorm> <201003241814.45606.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <20100324103237.0b534fd0@angelstorm> <20100324180334.GA23065@linux1> <4BAA6EA0.6080801@gentoo.org> <20100324202529.GA23374@linux1> <20100324211255.GA23676@linux1> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.5 (GTK+ 2.18.7; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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_/DjpcXNUJfeQo_DPKYOZ2ShP"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: bcb813c5-df4a-4d7c-b0a9-33babd41b9c5 X-Archives-Hash: 11dea539af1d5876f70c5921cc99f379 --Sig_/DjpcXNUJfeQo_DPKYOZ2ShP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:12:55 -0500 William Hubbs wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 09:36:52PM +0100, Ben de Groot wrote: > > We agree that this is the minimum that should be done. But our > > Python lead stubbornly refuses to honor this reasonable request. > =20 > On the other hand, I can see his point as well. The news item makes it > very clear that python-3 cannot be the default python and that python-2 > needs to be installed. Again, if it *cannot* be the default python, then it *should not* be instal= led by default, which is what will happen if it's marked stable and users a= ren't told to p.mask it. Even then, it'll likely get installed first, as us= ers will probably learn about p.masking it only *after* they install it. --Sig_/DjpcXNUJfeQo_DPKYOZ2ShP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iEUEARECAAYFAkuq3OgACgkQxPWMzpKk6kMdowCYlz1AHbLFDOGoTsMfqZhQMnnN DgCeJxwtHSQX9XBQdg0nDHO6Lo7pO8o= =HBWV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/DjpcXNUJfeQo_DPKYOZ2ShP--