From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 43E6A139694 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:58:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9686721C0CA; Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:58:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lovelace.chead.ca (unknown [IPv6:2002:a2df:e2a8::1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B8F1E0D4E for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:58:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=chead.ca; s=lovelace20151122; h=Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Date:Sender: Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=/ZUcyQzqq0WiQT+SS6hDalimDEBZfK5SxryOCqh5p2Y=; b=IoSf+qTt2KLtpdWarRH4SbOWuV eVlvGd9/IbcB85vy91B+4HbAEIAfaVsQY7S9S/fBC3dYAE5tPSAVH2OnAXIIL69ThmGyeMrLIPU11 fciQJvMl2b6DACp7CiBvVOThMV5otyiXvHfk80zIkFg7MvsbNbwAkEkqCNhPTqUu4Qp0=; Received: from 199-7-159-29.eng.wind.ca ([199.7.159.29] helo=[10.223.46.108]) by lovelace.chead.ca with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.88) (envelope-from ) id 1cxda8-0003jZ-2x for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 10 Apr 2017 10:58:28 -0700 Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 10:58:10 -0700 User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: References: <20170410133858.4842bbb5@katipo2.lan> 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="----J9HZNG08F98OCY5E03CE61GG8K23J3"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha512" Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Reverse use of Python/Ruby versions To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Christopher Head Message-ID: X-Archives-Salt: 4d25427a-8728-4470-be8f-8898baeb90aa X-Archives-Hash: 0c16a1d97ae2853b939cd5f32c1e3cc9 ------J9HZNG08F98OCY5E03CE61GG8K23J3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 On April 9, 2017 7:04:13 PM PDT, "William L=2E Thomson Jr=2E" wrote: >The present system is a PITA for users=2E Fiddling with adding/removing >targets for Python/Ruby=2E As an ordinary user, that does sound like a real annoyance=2E As an ordina= ry user, I also never do it=2E I don=E2=80=99t have any targets set by hand= =2E I probably never will=2E And yes, I do some Python development myself (= not much packaging but =E2=80=9Cusing=E2=80=9D Python in the sense of writi= ng Python code)=2E I find the Python experience largely painless: I current= ly have 2=2E7=2E12 and 3=2E4=2E5 installed=2E Eventually 3=2E5 will get ins= talled and 3=2E4 will go away=2E Just like every other package=2E I won=E2= =80=99t need to do any config file editing, just a revdep-rebuild run perha= ps=2E So regardless of the situation for maintainers, as a user, I don=E2= =80=99t see this pain=2E --=20 Christopher Head ------J9HZNG08F98OCY5E03CE61GG8K23J3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQG/BAABCgApIhxDaHJpc3RvcGhlciBIZWFkIDxjaGVhZEBjaGVhZC5jYT4FAljr x7IACgkQmfVcjBtL/q9xgwv/fX1c8WJzIpXQTThNHBK1uuJBshXELoTrhA5HrOdm Ip58Sj+TWaiXrumntHzKKF6TTzqw4Z8BGmDWWHhPX627HBGWRMitRRh0xSnTLIoV 6BpHJ4lktyson+t4cMdszzjMRvbnrudlUotDS/OcsZPjV+nt9TptdtkA/C77VT9j d2gi/IdbwufmBW0SB3zBLdSDjqrZOVNlnxVB0tRUQMS8K3DmU0v70XdFpB05/nqW 5C/Cfv+tdir2192UZDItStsFkRRPiIv/xjBcL3dAqVT4GpQM+W7bIEsLi24/ktfv d6t2LzV0qcaoWJkvXtD3l5Ftz/jst3awQgSwxhBWgu0lD1oGAKTPVHP4i5Y+iJWx Axgzr6lJKTeUQiYYEJEUmb2RG/E0QV+jkGRhiQWqQ0Pv4K5TthpNDVSGEKwY7kpY IfLvu3PkllebAgHGCRkqVbY0NnCv9rHL/Ac/cLuv+ezoE1ii6BSMOOiIwJ1f7DJG Ur+MyEPuP4bBXmnuVqQx3BE8 =vVDM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------J9HZNG08F98OCY5E03CE61GG8K23J3--