On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 16:33, Nathaniel McCallum wrote: > It also removes interpreter upgrade problems. For instance, python 2.3 is already > in > most other distros as a stable package. Bindings for other languages
Interesting point here. It is actually a coincidence that I've unmasked Python-2.3.2 a couple of minutes before reading this email. Firstly, not trying to sound whiny, but I only know that python-2.3 is in Mandrake 9.2, suse 9.0, redhat rawhide and debian unstable. But anyway, binary distros are much easier to deal with in this respect ;) But to be honest, the delay in getting python out is more a source-based distro issue rather than portage. And also because of the lack of time on my part for the last couple of weeks. Secondly, it is interesting you brought up the issue of recovery and not depending on an interpreter. I just had a bug submitted for something called the "python installer". For those familiar with python on windows, it is similar to py2exe which basically encapsulates the interpreter, scripts and everything in one package so users do not have to worry about dependencies. http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/standalones.html I've never tried it to vouch for its workability, but if it works as advertised then I can see that as a nice replacement for stage1 portage or some sort of portage rescue tool. Cheers, -- Alastair 'liquidx' Tse >> Gentoo Developer >> http://www.liquidx.net/ | http://dev.gentoo.org/~liquidx/
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