On 12 October 2017 at 17:01, Russell L. Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > 11.1-STABLE FreeBSD 11.1-STABLE #11 r313908 > > Maybe I've missed it. Are there some hints somewhere for a > person wanting to transition the default in ports to python 3? > > I see in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk > > ********************************** > > # Possible values: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6 > PGSQL_DEFAULT?= 9.5 > # Possible values: 5.6, 7.0, 7.1 > PHP_DEFAULT?= 5.6 > # Possible values: 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 > PYTHON_DEFAULT?= 2.7 > # Possible values: 2.7 > PYTHON2_DEFAULT?= 2.7 > # Possible values: 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 > PYTHON3_DEFAULT?= 3.6 > # Possible values: 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 > RUBY_DEFAULT?= 2.3 > > ********************************** > > PGSQL & RUBY options included to possibly hint at this is the > only documentation available, AFAICS. > > Yet, when I set PYTHON_DEFAULT to 3.6, I get thunderbird and > firefox and chrome etc etc failing.
This is not unexpected. python2 != python3; there is much code out there that will not transition across without rewrites. In other words, just let the individual port maintainers decide whether to use python2 or python3. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
