[gentoo-python] Re: [PATCH] eselect-python: update and clean the live ebuild up.

[Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>]

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Mike Gilbert <floppymaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> First of all, it didn't work at all (lacked SVN unpack commands). Since
>> eselect-python has been migrated to git, I have replaced the SVN code
>> with git one as well.
>>
>> Secondly, I have set 'eselect python update' commands to run
>> unconditionally, and added '--if-unset'. This doesn't hurt and should
>> handle any future updates and fixing broken systems (as in, if user
>> breaks python symlinks, he just needs to reinstall eselect-python).
>>
>> Thirdly, I have split 'eselect python update' into '--python2'
>> and '--python3' parts. This will ensure that both python2 & python3
>> implementation will be kept sane (and the active one will update
>> the main interpreter as well).
>
> Let's have releng test this patch; the pkg_postinst changes might
> cause some issue for stage building.
>
> Otherwise, looks fine.

I sent the above reply from the wrong address, so just re-sending to the list.