On 18 March 2010 21:53, Doktor Notor <notordok...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:27:50 +0100 > Ben de Groot <yng...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> > Since the last option will take time in any case, I guess the first >> > option is the best to achieve the desired goal: make sure Python 3 >> > stays as far away as possible from any system that doesn't need it. >> >> And the best way to do that is to package.mask it. > > Mask in the CVS tree?! Hmmm, there are tons of broken junk long dead > upstream in the tree that doesn't even compile - guess what - not > masked and noone's caring.
If that is the case, that is bad practice and should be remedied, not used as an excuse to commit more crimes. > Why on earth would you mask a working > package with extremely active maintainer in CVS Because it is extremely useless to the great majority of users. Cheers, -- Ben de Groot Gentoo Linux Qt project lead developer
