mån 2010-03-08 klockan 10:53 +0100 skrev Antoni Grzymala: > Sorry guys if I missed something crucial in this lengthy thread, but > from what I'm understanding: > > if python-3 goes stable (and unmasked): > > - it is a separate, slotted version > - it generally shouldn't get pulled in (current portage non-greedy > behaviour on slots) > - if it does get pulled in by, say, and old portage version, or a > package with badly defined deps, it shouldn't do any harm because it > will just sit quietly in its slot and old packages will still > compile/run against (already installed) python-2.x > > or not? > > PS. one thing I realize I may be missing is the /usr/bin/python symlink > and the /usr/bin/python-wrapper to which it points. Will the default > change to python31 upon python-3 installation? > > best, >
AFAICS you are right (and that is also why I have a hard time understanding the flames here, are people so against fixing the deps in their packages and/or filing bugs and/or contacting devrel about those maintainers who refuse to fix their packages?). about your ps: pyhon-3 is absolutely harmless in its current form, and that is partly because it does not take over the role as the system python unless you do something stupid/uninformed.
