From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1STSj1-0005Fs-B6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 13 May 2012 06:56:15 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7565EE077E; Sun, 13 May 2012 06:56:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD8A4E077E for ; Sun, 13 May 2012 06:56:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F6C020689; Sun, 13 May 2012 02:56:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 13 May 2012 02:56:10 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:to:cc:subject:references :date:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:from:message-id :in-reply-to; s=smtpout; bh=cb7Q7Yjbl5rRn/hNIkHART1A11g=; b=hc+k KihOYNTN4jdzNn+mOBct/+Jqz3gXeqPMged3lOGUSEyfkMRNs79mqiBYz6tmYOeM wP6xymUYvATAVM/QHRYtwWXfXtgfgXYmaE8bgyphKrRl60GeDWNNJWno/xCCbsFF sf6HpyFDgX3Qi4768ZBchVyYm5txNwNbX0ShsHo= X-Sasl-enc: Tf8u20177mRJ447vREbSukFA1ikjK1N3zU+fanXylrP/ 1336892170 Received: from gentoobook.trollsnaetverk (unknown [46.32.64.68]) by smtp.myopera.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E7AA04824A4; Sun, 13 May 2012 02:56:09 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: "Krzysztof Pawlik" Cc: gentoo-python@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-python] New eclass for Python References: <4F4D4380.9070909@gentoo.org> <4FAE35B4.8010601@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 10:55:57 +0400 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Discussions centering around the Python ecosystem in Gentoo Linux X-BeenThere: gentoo-python@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-python@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable From: "Nikolaj Sjujskij" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4FAE35B4.8010601@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.64 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: aac8c0f1-d28c-464e-8d3b-6390c8b458d7 X-Archives-Hash: 62de4dc2d1c60fd7ca0644de74291fd5 Den 2012-05-12 14:04:36 skrev Krzysztof Pawlik : >>> - uses PYTHON_TARGETS use-expand (no more python-updater, whoooo!) >> Hm... Does it require users to maintain correct PYTHON_TARGETS in = >> make.conf? No default/fallback value? > > No, I'm a *HUGE* fan of free choice -- I don't know which Python versi= on = > you want, so select the correct one yourself. It's a one-time choice = > anyway. Just as Micha=C5=82 has pointed it, it is not. >> It's not big deal, of course, but kind of annoying after so many year= s = >> of automatic "build for current Python version unless USE_PYTHON is = >> set". > To me it's an advantage :) Why? 90% of users just use latest Python available, i.e. 2.7 and 3.2 a= t = the moment, and don't really care about actual versions. python.eclass handles this smoothly, probably using eselect'ed versions.= = Only few people (like me) set USE_PYTHON to suit their needs. Why new = eclass cannot behave in a similar way? Where's the profit? There's open = = bug already: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D415575