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 1MpQAf-0006oI-Rq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:25:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3EA6DE08C0; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:25:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f179.google.com (mail-pz0-f179.google.com [209.85.222.179]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08F73E08C0 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:25:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk9 with SMTP id 9so3913pzk.2 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:25:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=WcgFf87+W5lWX0itjxfApWbCWNvYopkmYup7Co/nm3k=; b=cG6d/BanygF1CN/Ue1KYXHZYjvbTO8TDUk2VJAXi2P13GDfL4b7v7fOU0tBB41yBUj vTQxX75xkkxis83oNiclIBpF4/3sST14FXDMDYqiHkiRujIKxAoo62oXbSWcdaAYnJDY 8iHdPqOSC4L2Oj12urDfPdFsFRzSwi66jDVvQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=EMp5dz7cOzECGcAM0D64WKIkeF66NwlC0cNQeOENy1lh5s7Z1g2e0d/tLgttOtmZKg s87/eXxJosMRV647VMUD7snJRm/crKQAOD0yXMxRpwhp8+7ElutwEC4guWzVIy6Plkg5 UDL8gcuevgDddPQ4ghTMLpQRuc1YRbwbgc4+8= 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 Sender: nirbheek.chauhan@gmail.com Received: by 10.114.237.18 with SMTP id k18mr6827883wah.63.1253467555591; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:25:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200909201807.16100.Arfrever@gentoo.org> References: <200909191848.33225.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <200909201746.25278.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <8b4c83ad0909200856h78f8cffamd11f7d0ef3275581@mail.gmail.com> <200909201807.16100.Arfrever@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:55:55 +0530 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 1712afa27417f4b1 Message-ID: <8b4c83ad0909201025kc346288seb36780bccdf2e80@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Stabilization of Python 3.1 From: Nirbheek Chauhan To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 22fe0cbc-bfaf-4bd1-b858-069647dd0347 X-Archives-Hash: d2af02c6b46224a804c1f3bc31b40f5f On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > which depend on Python 3) wouldn't break any packages and wouldn't require > to switch main Python interpreter to Python 3. > Package X (stable) requires python-2 Package Y (stable) requires python-3 => User can't use both at the same time. You're just introducing another form of dependency hell for the users. They now have to figure out one of the following: a) Find version of Package X that works with python-3 b) Find which old version of Y still works with python-2 c) Force X/Y to use python-2/3 by patching the interpreter called d) Give up and install Ubuntu where somehow magically both work at the same time -- ~Nirbheek Chauhan GNOME+Mozilla Team, Gentoo