On Sat, 26 May 2012 17:01:26 +0400 "Nikolaj Sjujskij" wrote: > > So I think the second part of this (x.y to x.y+1 transitions, in the > > Python world, are generally relatively smooth) invalidates your > > point in the first part: if the transitions are generally smooth, > > then yes, when Python 3.3 gets stabilized, I want all of my Python > > packages to be available from the 3.3 interpreter. > Let's take a "stable" user who updates (`emerge --update --deep > --newuse @world`) his/her system regularly. > Python 3.3 is released, added to Portage tree and eventually unmasked. > PYTHON_TARGETS variable is changed to include 3.3. And suddenly > `emerge --newuse @world` on stable system suggests rebuilding of > every package using new eclass, because new (though disabled) > USE-flags was added. And when Python 3.3 is keyworded stable, hence > bringing new default PYTHON_TARGETS, user should now rebuild those > packages once more, but now, at least, not uselessly. > > Just yesterday I had www-servers/uwsgi recompiled because of changed > RUBY_TARGETS. And I even have no Ruby installed. I suggest you report a bug against portage and/or PMS. -- Best regards, Michał Górny