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 252241382C5 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 18:54:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 311F2E08BD; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 18:53:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oo1-f46.google.com (mail-oo1-f46.google.com [209.85.161.46]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F1A85E089C for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 18:53:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oo1-f46.google.com with SMTP id z36so835014ooi.6 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:53:58 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YtPxk/ZsdzSUHSdf4nTp5WVb/WAyuTGi6VtUM+Uk/Xg=; b=DO9Xx8iTTOqa5BEYBQJ0vfGs32NiBvEx60jQPeyMGH3QfA9zYwtR+V9Jg9eT1N7CYl 44pl8IrPopRvzFbdo65yBt45LoUzWG7NmJOYJKBdhrRLmhaLe5YJthAbyvMJ/L95paV7 j2JGlq895U3K25gAHweh8QehMEG6pJrjlVjOCmMvsw0q/34OtLL1R6xniyex6rJweZYY OizRjvFRCM+waIk5Hu/oyUqHakUu1FfFsMzjNaEYEm9lvwn42vVCLqpMxht2H+1cfPwV 3IGW/sahihNPh5yYX7Wcb7yQkVNUHRgKcctSrAGY3VVUq+EmHMVGLpUHKsXX9/SdAmU4 onmQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5323SmNAhDQpgXG0FMWgp77tDSHjdUnnaXhAGCSmM4MQL5eVmQBQ H14/u64RJEpJ97Vt9j5OMInyEeT7PQboAEVo5h1876BKLW4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwFF74g43R5xFCb/fvUH8/Ha/jnC6wzL3nF3pLOb8jX8BTu01QAvsJncFiEIr+2AX3FeJ7bpQEXl4O62puuyjo= X-Received: by 2002:a4a:92d2:: with SMTP id j18mr10424571ooh.22.1611514437929; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:53:57 -0800 (PST) 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2c4f440d9d368fd8b1aaed94e3cc992bfb987e8c.camel@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <2c4f440d9d368fd8b1aaed94e3cc992bfb987e8c.camel@gentoo.org> From: Rich Freeman Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 13:53:46 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review] Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 6335bd12-6a35-4d9e-908c-37c3b718361e X-Archives-Hash: 75fefccc28a41c95629b1963827e8f8a On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 7:21 AM Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny = wrote: > > For this reason, we have decided to change the default python-exec > configuration to match PYTHON_TARGETS by default, in the eclass > preference order, that is from the newest CPython version to oldest, > with alternative Python implementations coming afterwards. This change > will be propagated via the configuration protection mechanism whenever > dev-lang/python-exec-conf is installed or rebuilt due to PYTHON_TARGETS > changes. This will permit the users to interactively confirm > the updates. > > If the new default is not correct for you, please use your preferred > configuration update tool to discard or edit the new configuration file. Could we just spell out what the actual setting is? That way if a user accepts or rejects the change accidentally it is trivial to fix, vs making them hunt through the installed files to do a diff... Nothing wrong with the instructions - I'd just add one line about what setting controls this. --=20 Rich