[CFT] lang/python becoming a python binary wrapper

[Marcus von Appen]

On 17.08.2013, at 11:22, Kubilay Kocak <koobs.freebsd at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 17/08/2013 7:01 PM, Marcus von Appen wrote:
>> On, Sat Aug 17, 2013, Kubilay Kocak wrote:
>> 
>>> On 17/08/2013 6:13 PM, Marcus von Appen wrote:
>>>> The relevant UPDATING entry for the change will look like:
>>>> 
>>>> 20130817:
>>>>  AFFECTS: users of lang/python*
>>>>  AUTHOR: mva at FreeBSD.org
>>>> 
>>>>  The lang/python* ports do not install links to 2to3, idle, pydoc, python
>>>>  and other binaries anymore. Those were moved into the lang/python2 and
>>>>  lang/python3 ports. If you have lang/python2* or lang/python3* installed,
>>>>  please also install the associated lang/python2 or lang/python3 port.
>>>> 
>>>>  1. update lang/python2* and/or lang/python3*
>>>>  2. install lang/python2 and/or lang/python3
>>>>  3. reinstall lang/python (if installed).
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I think, the instructions should suffice. Please let me know, if you
>>>> feel that more details are necessary.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Marcus
>>> 
>>> Minor tweak:
>>> 
>>> The lang/python* ports no longer install links to 2to3, idle, pydoc,
>>> python and other binaries. These have been moved into lang/python2 and
>>> lang/python3 ports respectively. This change allows ... brief
>>> explanation of benefit here.
>>> 
>>> Also, what are the "other" binaries, and are they worth mentioning
>>> explicitly?
>> 
>> They are not worth mentioning in my opinion, since those would be the
>> shared builds (python-shared) and config binaries (python-{shared}-config).
>> 
>> Right now I would not want to name any specific benefit, since this
>> could give users the wrong impression that it is available already and
>> something like
>> 
>>  This change allows the FreeBSD python ports to be used with different
>>  Python versions at the same time as a mid-term goal.
>> 
>> or
>> 
>>  This change will enable other Python implementations to act as default
>>  Python interpreter in the future.
>> 
>> feels to vague to me. If you think, it's worth mentioning, I'll put it
>> in, though.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Marcus
> 
> Concur, it ought to be clear. How's this:
> 
> This change brings us closer to the goal of making Python ports usable
> with different Python versions at the same time.
> 

Sounds good, thanks.
> --
> koobs
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