Bjarne D Mathiesen wrote: > Richard L. Hamilton wrote: > > Depending on the results, with some effort, it might be possible to > > drop some of the intermediate versions. But only if a later suitable > > (for everything dependent on it) version is possible on every > > supported OS. And it would mean bumping portfiles, and rebuilding > > everything depending on dropped versions. It probably wouldn't be > > worth the bother, and given all the constraints, might only get rid > > of a few versions. > > > > so we've got 2 issues here : > - which pythonXY the pyXY-{name} support > and whether theese can be brought up to python37 > - whether any Portfile that demands a pythonXY that isn't python37 > can be updated to depend on python37 instead > > We'll need some statistict / overview on this matter. > I'll look into this. > > It's also a question about keeping the macports infrastructure up-to-date. > > I've eg somehow gotten libsvm installed, and it has : > Variants: [+]java, [+]python27, python34, [+]tools, universal > as well as being seriously out-of-date: > libsvm @3.20_2 -> Version 3.24, September 2019 > > -- > Bjarne D Mathiesen > Korsør ; Danmark ; Europa
i hope python27 wont't go away. cheers, raf