On 17.08.2013, at 11:22, Kubilay Kocak <koobs.free...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17/08/2013 7:01 PM, Marcus von Appen wrote:
>> On, Sat Aug 17, 2013, Kubilay Kocak wrote:
>>
>>> On 17/08/2013 6:13 PM, Marcus von Appen wrote:
>>>> The relevant UPDATING entry for the change will look like:
>>>>
>>>> 20130817:
>>>> AFFECTS: users of lang/python*
>>>> AUTHOR: m...@freebsd.org
>>>>
>>>> The lang/python* ports do not install links to 2to3, idle, pydoc, python
>>>> and other binaries anymore. Those were moved into the lang/python2 and
>>>> lang/python3 ports. If you have lang/python2* or lang/python3* installed,
>>>> please also install the associated lang/python2 or lang/python3 port.
>>>>
>>>> 1. update lang/python2* and/or lang/python3*
>>>> 2. install lang/python2 and/or lang/python3
>>>> 3. reinstall lang/python (if installed).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think, the instructions should suffice. Please let me know, if you
>>>> feel that more details are necessary.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Marcus
>>>
>>> Minor tweak:
>>>
>>> The lang/python* ports no longer install links to 2to3, idle, pydoc,
>>> python and other binaries. These have been moved into lang/python2 and
>>> lang/python3 ports respectively. This change allows ... brief
>>> explanation of benefit here.
>>>
>>> Also, what are the "other" binaries, and are they worth mentioning
>>> explicitly?
>>
>> They are not worth mentioning in my opinion, since those would be the
>> shared builds (python-shared) and config binaries (python-{shared}-config).
>>
>> Right now I would not want to name any specific benefit, since this
>> could give users the wrong impression that it is available already and
>> something like
>>
>> This change allows the FreeBSD python ports to be used with different
>> Python versions at the same time as a mid-term goal.
>>
>> or
>>
>> This change will enable other Python implementations to act as default
>> Python interpreter in the future.
>>
>> feels to vague to me. If you think, it's worth mentioning, I'll put it
>> in, though.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Marcus
>
> Concur, it ought to be clear. How's this:
>
> This change brings us closer to the goal of making Python ports usable
> with different Python versions at the same time.
>
Sounds good, thanks.
> --
> koobs
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