Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review v2] Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS

2021-01-24 Thread Aisha Tammy
On 1/24/21 7:59 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > Here's v2 with extra 'tl;dr' instructions in first para: > > ``` > Title: Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS > Author: Michał Górny > Posted: 2021-01-24 > Revision: 1 > News-Item-Format: 2.0 > > On 2021-02-01 stable users will switch to a new

Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review v2] Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS

2021-01-24 Thread Michał Górny
On Sun, 2021-01-24 at 16:11 +0100, Thomas Deutschmann wrote: > eselect is a known interface for most (all?) slotted packages. > Configuration management tools expect that the appropriate module will > be pulled in once you install a slotable package. Could you back your claims with specific

Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review v2] Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS

2021-01-24 Thread Michał Górny
On Sun, 2021-01-24 at 16:23 +0100, Hans Fernhout wrote: > Why not do it the other way around: make eselect-python leading, and > have it populate PYTHON_TARGETS? > It could be a lot more work, but might be more intuitive. It is not possible to do this portably or reliably. My previous attempts

Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review v2] Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS

2021-01-24 Thread Michał Górny
On Sun, 2021-01-24 at 18:16 +, Alexey Sokolov wrote: > вс, 24 янв. 2021 г. в 12:59, Michał Górny : > > > > Here's v2 with extra 'tl;dr' instructions in first para: > > > > ``` > > Title: Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS > > Author: Michał Górny > > Posted: 2021-01-24 > > Revision:

Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review v2] Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS

2021-01-24 Thread Michał Górny
On Sun, 2021-01-24 at 10:16 -0500, Aisha Tammy wrote: > On 1/24/21 7:59 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > > Here's v2 with extra 'tl;dr' instructions in first para: > > > > ``` > > Title: Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS > > Author: Michał Górny > > Posted: 2021-01-24 > > Revision: 1 > >

Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review v2] Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS

2021-01-24 Thread Alexey Sokolov
вс, 24 янв. 2021 г. в 12:59, Michał Górny : > > Here's v2 with extra 'tl;dr' instructions in first para: > > ``` > Title: Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS > Author: Michał Górny > Posted: 2021-01-24 > Revision: 1 > News-Item-Format: 2.0 > > On 2021-02-01 stable users will switch to a

Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review v2] Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS

2021-01-24 Thread Ionen Wolkens
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 10:16:37AM -0500, Aisha Tammy wrote: > Has this change already been pushed for unstable? I am running an unstable > system but I still have eselect-python, so I assume not (unless due to my side > error). It was temporarily re-added in deps for the sake of this news item,

Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review v2] Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS

2021-01-24 Thread Hans Fernhout
Why not do it the other way around: make eselect-python leading, and have it populate PYTHON_TARGETS? It could be a lot more work, but might be more intuitive. On 1/24/21 4:11 PM, Thomas Deutschmann wrote: Hi, I am hot happy with this change. Why must dev-lang/python become special? eselect

Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review v2] Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS

2021-01-24 Thread Thomas Deutschmann
Hi, I am hot happy with this change. Why must dev-lang/python become special? eselect is a known interface for most (all?) slotted packages. Configuration management tools expect that the appropriate module will be pulled in once you install a slotable package. You are now forcing everyone

Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review v2] Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS

2021-01-24 Thread Michał Górny
Here's v2 with extra 'tl;dr' instructions in first para: ``` Title: Python preference to follow PYTHON_TARGETS Author: Michał Górny Posted: 2021-01-24 Revision: 1 News-Item-Format: 2.0 On 2021-02-01 stable users will switch to a new method of updating the preferred Python versions that employs