Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH news v3] Add Python 3.9 news item

[Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>]

> On 2 May 2021, at 23:04, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
> [snip]
> +Upgrade commands
> +================
> +The Python 3.8 cleanup requires that Python 3.8 is removed from complete
> +dependency trees in batch.  If some of the installed packages using
> +an older Python version are not triaged for the upgrade, the package
> +manager will throw dependency conflicts.  This makes it important that
> +the upgrade is carried via a --deep --changed-use @world upgrade,
> +as well as that any stray packages are removed prior to it, e.g.:
> +
> +    emerge --depclean
> +    emerge -1vUD @world
> +    emerge --depclean


Only suggestion: we put this at the top and suggest people do it immediately
on the switchover day, and ideally beforehand to minimise possible conflicts
(so their system is in good state beforehand).

Thank you for making the changes I suggested (especially given I didn’t
send a patch and they were quite involved).

Looks good!

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