> Stabilization of Python 3.1.* will be requested at the beginning of > november. There was a suggestion to create a news item which would inform > users that temporarily they shouldn't switch to Python 3 as their main > interpreter. Python ebuilds don't automatically activate Python 3, so I'm > not sure if the news item is required. What is your opinion about it? >
Stablise. And to pacify all the cry babies out there could we update portage tools to call /usr/bin/python2.6 directly? (yes I realise this will break, but at least it is a suggestion) Or how about we (remove python3.1 from the menu)/(stick a big fat warning message)/(do something else) on eselect-python. Or create a "system-python" link that all gentoo core apps use instead of /usr/bin/python (longer term solution?). [rant]Hell maybe we could even start using those slot dep thingy me bobbies to depend only a slot. So ppl don't have python3.1 unless something depends on it. Does portage have support for slots in world? [/rant] Solutions ppl. Thats is what we need. Not "oh poor woe is me". Alistair.
