[CFT] lang/python becoming a python binary wrapper

[Marcus von Appen]

On, Sun Aug 18, 2013, The BSD Dreamer wrote:

[...]
> What wasn't clear was that this applied to everybody, whether they knowingly
> installed lang/python2* or lang/python3*, or not.  Since, installing a port
> that wants the python results in lang/python27 being installed by default
> (and still does.)
>
> So, when I tried updating www/firefox with portmaster this morning, it broke
> python for everything by updating only lang/python27 for me.  What happens to
> the many other fresh systems when somebody builds their first port that pulls
> in the default python, which is lang/python27, but that's not enough for
> satisfy the dependency?

This was a serious issue in my tests, causing quite some problems and
which was fixed later on that day. It should not be a problem anymore at
the moment.

Cheers
Marcus
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