On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 4:37 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: >> >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Dale<rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> And if we should set python to 2.7, should we remove python-2.6? I don't >>> think we want to break something, portage in particular. ;-) >>> >> >> I have no trace of python-2.6 on my system at this point and I'm >> getting along just fine with 2.7 as my active python. >> >> > > Out of curiosity, how long you, or someone else, been using python 2.7? You > emerged a few packages with no issues so far? I'm sort of skidish on > anything other than minor updates to python. If I mess it up, portage may > bite me. o_O We all know a broken portage is not a good thing.
For about a week or two, no problems so far. If you switch to 2.7 then run python-updater before removing 2.6, you should be fine. If you take a binpkg of it first you can have some extra peace of mind.