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 94C601382C5 for ; Sat, 24 Feb 2018 20:44:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 58867E07D4; Sat, 24 Feb 2018 20:44:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lf0-x232.google.com (mail-lf0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::232]) (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 EE317E07D1 for ; Sat, 24 Feb 2018 20:44:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lf0-x232.google.com with SMTP id t204so17023319lff.9 for ; Sat, 24 Feb 2018 12:44:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=s8xVA0hh77v4PKjvuz3GJIwbDDXrmuDTa4vd7BSZot8=; b=qAeStG/nqlezpFp7wVV+CZKlFWT1UeQyAtPn6Y4hx7It4CQQ6zpEzL6zf/PWGzIZHI Mgr0ZtdRdqqev8p7I6My2wsg+3Sy3J7BnfHxjEmnmihV+WSnPI3nDw5Om4acFho2EB0V jemEpMNNeYBTlaXWzMmBAT4pSe6lfcZDMjQPKPeatTsmQZ9DHxq9LsA2Knt4pBZF80Yq rPj9n3CKd7jqiI3M7BYOXW5nK/MhFmP0YADePHr4eSZ28fxAPz/WyBinlYd8meBId3Oo A8PZQNjJMz/kklvHn42QFZZpJX+U0sWkvEPecsQDNBzcNQrfmfMUP6VYmEYHihPrWSgI QVww== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=s8xVA0hh77v4PKjvuz3GJIwbDDXrmuDTa4vd7BSZot8=; b=m362PRQl0cGqpXBilgwgAoYUWUNhFjEC926tVvRMUI2v8M0VPdFeQXssaa3sEtQ3dI igWfIFbGAygb1ZeYdSCiGkkbIE58uyjPyox2mKRrdsL0tUD93D7JMnD4TcGHWpNn+VOW WkhTw+9YyI/GtlhJFsDkk9QAp6hz79BR6sUUqc/DEYaC8nUkooaqED1ePoaU60qulW8l owq5EGp3nKWsNv3LVPqe8WDKbwWsX/E3UiEhYV4g+GnU/5LVQXYY+nbhVoA96G/hm6Ys cxzUaRZyfxxsgllYD+Vc06T6EBmdnGHhrFX3j9RPtv+ddIMZsU/Eglz3MIpezvV5pmgC hTiw== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPBAhV/nOmuupBfMEDYEGkGEP2fJ2gT2sMViI3LwcwqP+5BakeQE mcqRaXWx4Nm3wMA7rKvojc/MfaL9t1mETw6CBbg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AG47ELubDIhuB3UZXSaMU6Cf50Nb5VbVR0ky9r5NDNFfE37o771TDgvfOwOabLhVPIjbVro9lzisJsU18uUrPLm1e5o= X-Received: by 10.25.225.84 with SMTP id y81mr4022275lfg.102.1519505056125; Sat, 24 Feb 2018 12:44:16 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.46.89.67 with HTTP; Sat, 24 Feb 2018 12:44:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1519462641.2123.6.camel@gentoo.org> From: R0b0t1 Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 14:44:15 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] For next council meeting: moving Portage to python3.6+ To: gentoo-project Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 6262b7e3-d9ca-4a6b-9ec4-045220e9d280 X-Archives-Hash: 94bcf5a0367eab069499371428803c59 On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 1:45 PM, Daniel Robbins wrote: > People are willing to do the work. Mgorny expressed concern on IRC that this > would impact EAPI 7 efforts. I don't think that is the case. If anything, it > puts us in a better position. > > In fact, if assurance is needed that EAPI 7 is not impacted, or that we > would work extra hard on EAPI 7 to in turn gain support for dropping lower > versions of python, I would see that as a possibility -- i.e. "we agree to > move to 3.6+ with the understanding that it should not impact EAPI 7 > development." > Was it possible to highlight any specific issues? Changes in 3.6 are additive; there was nothing that broke compatibility. Cheers, R0b0t1