python 3 was moved to "lang/python" from lang/python3 in ports. That probably is a good idea.
Unfortunately, and to my *great* inconvenience, lang/python3 was removed from ports and packages before 5.1 will be released. I had begun developing an application using python3 and had to reinstall. It was unsettling to find that I couldn't get the package. The old ports/python3 won't compile and install due to a problem with libreadline. I would be glad to provide the context to anyone who is interested. Several compiles fail (non-fatally, unfortunately) and finally ldd: libreadline.a is not an ELF executable is the fatal problem when trying to link with c++ during make install. I understand that this would be an extremely low priority item since presumably when 5.1 is released python 3 will be available again. I've tried patching all sorts of files, symbolic links in /usr/include, retrofitting .mk files, and so forth and so on from the CURRENT ports and from the 5.0 ports to no avail. Yes, I know this is crossposted. I'm not subscribed to ports@ I'll look at the archived ports@ every day for a week or three. I searched everywhere I could get to for a reason why the previously apparently working port and package were removed before the new one was available. If there is a reason why the 5.0 version is unusable could someone please inform me. Otherwise, if anyone has a working python3 amd64 install package for 5.0, would you please let me know and put it someplace I can download it? Thanks!
