Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4 + python3.1 == no system-config-printer-kde?

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Wednesday 15 Jun 2011 01:09:28 Dmitry Makovey wrote:
> On 06/14/2011 12:09 AM, Mick wrote:
> > The last enews I read specifically warned *not* to turn on 3.1 and
> > instead
> > stay with the latest 2 version ...
> > 
> > Do you have a specific reason that compels you to try to make KDE work
> > with 3.1?
> 
> If memory serves me right it was on this list that I picked up the idea
> that things are working just fine with 3.1, not to mention that most
> packages are "smart enough" to know which python they need with
> PYTHON_API variables sprinkled around ebuilds. So I was quite surprised
> to uncover this one.

Indeed package deps should take advantage of python3 as long as it has been 
installed, if the package needs python3:

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# eselect news read 3
2010-03-25-python-3.1
  Title                     Python 3.1
  Author                    Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
                            <Arfrever@gentoo.org>
  Posted                    2010-03-25
  Revision                  1

Python 3 is a new major version of Python and is intentionally incompatible
with Python 2. Many external modules have not been ported yet to Python 3,
so Python 2 still needs to be installed. You can benefit from having Python 3
installed without setting Python 3.1 as main active version of Python.
Currently you should not set Python 3.1 as main active version of Python.
When setting it becomes recommended, a separate news item will be created
to notify users.

Although Python 3.1 should not be set as main active version of Python,
you should run python-updater after installation of Python 3.1. By default,
modules that support both Python 2 and Python 3 are installed for both
the active version of Python 2 and the active version of Python 3 when both
Python 2 and Python 3 are installed.

It is recommended to use a UTF-8 locale to avoid potential problems. 
Especially
C and POSIX locales are discouraged. If locale has not been explicitly set,
then POSIX locale is used, so you should ensure that locale has been set.
Problems occurring only with non-UTF-8 locales should be reported directly
to upstream developers of given packages.
See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/utf-8.xml for more information about UTF-8.
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This news item and the elog messages/warnings make me think that python3 time 
has not come yet.

YMMV
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Regards,
Mick

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