Re: [gentoo-python] Python 3.7 porting efforts

["Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>]

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On Fri, 2019-07-05 at 11:55 +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
> Hi, everyone.
> 
> I think we're nearing the time of switching our 'stable' Python
> implementation from Python 3.6 to 3.7.  If you find some free time,
> please dedicate it to porting packages to 3.7.
> 
> 
> While bumping packages, please also take care to:
> 
> a. add python_test() if it is missing,
> 
> b. replace 'py.test' calls with 'pytest -vv' (the former is obsolete),
> 
> c. bump to EAPI 7,
> 
> d. add missing PYTHON_USEDEPs (yes, we still have packages without
> them),
> 
> e. add setuptools to RDEPEND whenever entry_points are used in setup.py,
> 
> f. usually, DEPEND=${RDEPEND} can be changed to
>    DEPEND="test? ( ${RDEPEND} )"
> 

Oh, and I'd forget: if you believe some of the packages are entirely
dead / useless / waste of time to maintain, please don't hesitate to
lastrite them.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny


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