On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 09:36:52PM +0100, Ben de Groot wrote: > On 24 March 2010 21:25, William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > If we make it clear in the news item that python-3 cannot be used as the > > default python, so if users do not want it they should mask it, we have > > done our job imho. In other words, this is just a matter of informing > > users. > > We agree that this is the minimum that should be done. But our > Python lead stubbornly refuses to honor this reasonable request. > > Not so cheerful, > -- > Ben de Groot > Gentoo Linux Qt project lead developer >
Another user here. Couldn't this issue with the news item be resolved by wording it differently? The way I've understood the python maintainers is that they don't want the news item to recommend masking it. So couldn't a compromise be phrasing along the lines of "... it is safe to mask python-3* at the moment..." and perhaps also "... a news item will be released when python-3* will become necessary". To be honest I don't think the last bit is quite as relevant if people do pay heed to the fact that python-3* can be masked without any consequence. Can all parties agree to something of this sort? -- Zeerak Waseem
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