On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:11:09 -0500
Matthew Summers <quantumsummers@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@gentoo.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
> > wrote:
> > > Portage will pull python3 if and only if anything depends on
> > > python:3.* or anything depends on python without a SLOT (or
> > > either is in @world). If you want it not there, you have to make
> > > sure the deps explicitly state it.
> >
> > So how did python3 end up in the stages again, exactly?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Dirkjan
> >
> >
> Dirkjan, I believe it is portage that pulls in python:3, since by
> default it prefers the latest stable version.

No. As you can see in the ebuild, it pulls python2 by default. To pull
in python3, you have to USE=python3.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny