Re: Where are we on changing python from 37 to 38?

To: Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>
Subject: Re: Where are we on changing python from 37 to 38?
From: Benny Siegert <bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:31:44 +0000 (UTC)

On Fri, 13 Nov 2020, Greg Troxel wrote:

My perception has been that every 3.x update has caused problems, at least inthe scale of pkgsrc. I dimly remember seeing a substantially non-zeronumber of "doesn't work with 3.8; have to use 3.7" comments.


*sigh* OK.

Have you looked at bulk builds to see how many py-foo packages build in eachof 3.x versions?
Do you really think that if we flipped to 3.9 nothing would break?
Have you done that on your own system?


No, I have not done my homework. Sorry. I should have.

--
Benny

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