On Monday 07 December 2009 22:24:14 Grant Edwards wrote: > My most recent update displayed the following messages from > Python 2.6.4 and Python 2.4.6: > > "It is highly recommended to additionally install Python 3," > > Why is it highly recommended? I use a lot of modules that > aren't support by Python 3, and AFAICT few of the system > applications will even work with Python 3. So why is > installing it "highly recommended"?
Because that's the python ebuild maintainer's opinion. Python-3 is new! shiny! and he likely thinks it's cool. There is no good reason to follow this advice just yet, as you rightly note very little (if anything) *requires* python-3 at this juncture. The only benefit, which is questionable, is that python-3 is where its at development-wise, and maybe perhaps the 2* series will become unmaintained (shades of KDE-3). But I suspect that day is still far off. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
