On 24/02/18 19:57, Daniel Robbins wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 12:50 PM, M. J. Everitt <m.j.everitt@iee.org
> <mailto:m.j.everitt@iee.org>> wrote: 
>
>     So, all that remains is who's gonna do the work - both on the
>     stabilisation of python3.6 as a dev-lang package, and all the
>     associated (thousands?) of dev-python packages?
>     You may have brought Zac on board on the portage side of things,
>     but what about the rest?
>
>
> Good question, here is the answer.
>
> Standardizing on 3.6+ support for Portage does not require Gentoo to
> get rid of 2.7.
>
> The thousands? of ebuilds that need 2.7 continue to need 2.7.
>
> Dropping support for 2.7 also doesn't require ANY code changes to
> Portage. It is a strategic decision to not *continue* to maintain 2./7
> support in the future if *it becomes an annoyance or limitation* for
> us to do so. In some areas, we are finding that it is.
>
> Also, on a side-note, I have been personally helping Gentoo with the
> effort of removing pycrypto dependencies from Python modules.
>
> -Daniel
>
>
It would seem I've overlooked the fact that python3.6 is actually pretty
well supported in Gentoo .. my apologies to the Python team for failing
to spot this.