Re: git: 988da7290c99 - main - ./UPDATING: mention the python default version change

On Wed 29 May 14:20, Ruslan Makhmatkhanov wrote:
> The branch main has been updated by rm:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=988da7290c997a29581bb828bd59257060d8ddbc
> 
> commit 988da7290c997a29581bb828bd59257060d8ddbc
> Author:     Ruslan Makhmatkhanov <rm@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2024-05-29 14:20:07 +0000
> Commit:     Ruslan Makhmatkhanov <rm@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2024-05-29 14:20:07 +0000
> 
>     ./UPDATING: mention the python default version change
> ---
>  UPDATING | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
> index 7a5fc11c35ec..f0077905cb2d 100644
> --- a/UPDATING
> +++ b/UPDATING
> @@ -5,6 +5,39 @@ they are unavoidable.
>  You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time
>  you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
>  
> +20240529:
> +  AFFECTS: users of python
> +  AUTHOR: rm@FreeBSD.org
> +
> +  The default version of python3 and python was switched to 3.11.
> +
> +  For ports users wanting to keep version 3.9 as default,
> +  add DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= python=3.9 python3=3.9 to make.conf
> +
> +  Following procedures may ease the upgrade:
> +
> +  For users of pre-build packages:
> +  # sh
> +  # for i in $(pkg query -g %n 'py39-*'); do pkg set -yn ${i}:py311-${i#py39-}; done

I don't think it is a good advice at all, pkg set should not be necessary at
all, what case are we trying to fix by providing this advice?

> +  # pkg upgrade