On 11/05/14 01:32, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 7:20 PM, <gottl...@nyu.edu> wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 04 2014, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Paige Thompson <erra...@yourstruly.sx> >>> wrote: >>>> RIP python 3 >>>> >>>> how do I get rid of it >>> It's possible that you can't. Some (or many) packages could depend on >>> Python 2.7 because they don't work with Python 3.x. You can check that >>> with: >>> >>> equery depends dev-lang/python:2.7 >>> >>> In my main system (full GNOME 3 desktop), 174 packages depend on >>> Python 2.7. Some of them probably can be made to work only with Python >>> 3.x, but I'm willing to bet that the majority doesn't. >>> >>> Maybe in the future, but I don't think it will be possible for at >>> least a few years. >>> >>> Regards. >> I believe the OP wants to keep 2.7 and ditch 3. > Right. Even so, that's going to be even more difficult as long as more > and more packages switch to Python 3. Which is happening really > slowly, but happening nonetheless. > > Regards. Yeah right.. this is not going to change any faster than people are going to abandon dual homing ipv4 and ipv6 let alone ipv4 all together. Absolutely hopeless, some people just cannot be convinced (shouldn't be allowed to use a computer) a lot of people simply don't have the time. I foresee python being dual stack indefinitely without cross compatibility.
When the day comes and you prove me wrong, I owe you $20. But... the need for python 2.7 has to be COMPLETELY eliminated and just saying "RIP Python2.7 or gtfo" doesn't count coming from any source. -Paige
