Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

[Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org>]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Ben de Groot <yngwin@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 18 March 2010 20:24, Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> On 18-03-2010 20:20:02 +0100, Thomas Sachau wrote:
>>> There are 2 ways to fix this issue:
>>>
>>> -fix the dependency string for those packages (including the lines in distutils.eclass)
>>>
>>> or (since Arfrever claims current portage behaviour is wrong)
>>> -change portage behaviour to be satisfied with a python slot and to not require other slots.
>>
>> Since the last option will take time in any case, I guess the first
>> option is the best to achieve the desired goal: make sure Python 3 stays
>> as far away as possible from any system that doesn't need it.
>
> And the best way to do that is to package.mask it.

The maintainer has chosen not to mask it in gentoo-x86, which means
users are empowered to mask it locally and everyone who is complaining
about getting python3 installed on their system should mask it
locally.  This is how users work around other defaults in the tree
they don't agree with (USE flags, KEYWORDS, etc.)  I don't get why
this is a big deal at all or why people are unable to solve this
themselves.

>
> Cheers,
> --
> Ben de Groot
> Gentoo Linux Qt project lead developer
>
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