On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 7:21 AM Michał Górny <[email protected]> wrote: > > For this reason, we have decided to change the default python-exec > configuration to match PYTHON_TARGETS by default, in the eclass > preference order, that is from the newest CPython version to oldest, > with alternative Python implementations coming afterwards. This change > will be propagated via the configuration protection mechanism whenever > dev-lang/python-exec-conf is installed or rebuilt due to PYTHON_TARGETS > changes. This will permit the users to interactively confirm > the updates. > > If the new default is not correct for you, please use your preferred > configuration update tool to discard or edit the new configuration file.
Could we just spell out what the actual setting is? That way if a user accepts or rejects the change accidentally it is trivial to fix, vs making them hunt through the installed files to do a diff... Nothing wrong with the instructions - I'd just add one line about what setting controls this. -- Rich
