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 1NsM62-0002s5-KZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:13:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AB16DE0C67; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:13:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from tommyserver.de (unknown [85.14.198.50]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 661E4E0C58 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:13:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.178.22] (p4FDF25A2.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [79.223.37.162]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tommyserver.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5EEFE98C6DC for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:13:07 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4BA2894D.6000307@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:13:01 +0100 From: Thomas Sachau 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it References: <4BA27CE2.7080005@gentoo.org> <201003182033.28430.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <4BA28357.2030206@gentoo.org> <201003182055.12964.Arfrever@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <201003182055.12964.Arfrever@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 OpenPGP: id=211CA2D4 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigF790A7241E3A0A931B489AE6" X-Archives-Salt: b55dd324-d030-4ec9-a1ec-5b674e3ff1d6 X-Archives-Hash: 85500eac8b7a2648978abf1996cd9576 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF790A7241E3A0A931B489AE6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 03/18/2010 08:55 PM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > 2010-03-18 20:47:35 Thomas Sachau napisa=C5=82(a): >> On 03/18/2010 08:33 PM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: >>> 2010-03-18 20:20:02 Thomas Sachau napisa=C5=82(a): >>>> Currently, some packages just depend on "dev-lang/python". Arfrever = claims it to be right >>> >>> It's correct only for packages (e.g. dev-python/setuptools), which su= pport all >>> versions of Python (including Python 3). >> >> Can you tell us any benefit for the normal user, when you require him = to install python-3* >=20 > I don't require it. It's only a side effect of correct dependencies. >=20 Wrong. Correct dependencies only require the set of packages they need, t= hey dont pull in packages nor versions, which are not used or needed. Since you claim portage behaviour being right and you dont want to change= "dev-lang/python" dependency, you want to force all users to install python-3*, also it is = not needed nor used nor is there any benefit from it being installed. --=20 Thomas Sachau Gentoo Linux Developer --------------enigF790A7241E3A0A931B489AE6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) iJwEAQEKAAYFAkuiiVMACgkQG7kqcTWJkGcjHwQA0AMRp/qKxl5ptrCG6OnnZZY2 JdcA9Tx60wEHRfSpbrC36eBYbby/efJZVRpyaoHPdsBocqm7dCh69FBp/6Gpzf8a DWhA4buR9J30MOt21ZfiiMbHim0m4rQzfd59F2yJTjB7lNYdMQ4CC6fYb3DmdT/G RBNRTtHkKwFCUhSbizY= =EJFY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF790A7241E3A0A931B489AE6--