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 1NvEb2-00027q-Td for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:49:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8B5ECE0A5D; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:49:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F81BE09DD for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:49:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2F231B4063 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:49:16 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.556 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.556 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.043, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id KFkb6bD5OlKz for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:49:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 178E41B4170 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:49:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NvEaP-00027v-Qw for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:48:49 +0100 Received: from ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net ([68.231.22.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:48:49 +0100 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:48:49 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Python 3.1: Stabilization and news item Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:48:34 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <201003241814.45606.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <4BACAA07.90409@gentoo.org> <20100326154037.GB5254@hrair> <201003261657.23058.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <4BACDBFC.70706@gmail.com> <4BACF24E.1000800@gmail.com> <4BACF49B.4060607@gmail.com> 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-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 11a68590-90fd-405c-ad1e-0f84a64081d7 X-Archives-Hash: f6321252d2e0be65fe356b2c730de0f3 George Prowse posted on Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:53:31 +0000 as excerpted: > On 26/03/2010 17:43, Dale wrote: >> It's not faith, its reality. There will be some people that don't >> subscribe to this list that will do what is above. This IS the reason = I >> subscribed to this list. I wanted to know what the devs were doing >> under the hood that would lead me to screw up my system. It's amazing >> how much fewer problems I have had since I started watching this list. >> >> Also, if python3 is marked as "stable," people will assume it is safe >> to switch to. That's what "stable" means. >> > It's Gentoo and naturally users are like magpies, they like everything > newest, highest and shiniest. Hmm... looking closely, I think it's myself I see in that mirror! =3D:^) Pretty apt description, I think, tho I don't suppose it's entirely=20 accurate for stale users or they'd find it just that. I certainly do.=20 Take baselayout-2/openrc for instance; /how/ many years stale is=20 baselayout-1 now? --=20 Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman