I have opened a pull request to update the default version to 3.8 in the Python PG [1]. I will also start updating my ports to 3.8 where possible.
-Marcus [1] https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/6383 > On Feb 13, 2020, at 8:30 PM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Then the question is: why is that the default in the python portgroup? > > >> On Feb 6, 2020, at 09:25, Marcus Calhoun-Lopez <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Speaking only for myself, I have set the default Python to 3.7 in some of my >> ports even with 3.8 available because 3.7 is still the default in the python >> PortGroup [1]. >> My own rule has been: use the same version as the.PortGroup. >> >> [1] >> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/cc950d4f42c4bc65d8152b2465394cfef8a654b4/_resources/port1.0/group/python-1.0.tcl#L73 >> >>> On Feb 5, 2020, at 11:35 AM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Yes that is part of the problem but I have also seen plenty of commits >>> since python38 became stable in which python37 was still preferred and I >>> don't know why people are doing that. >> >
