Re: py-build dependency circular dependency

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

Am Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 06:21:58PM +0200 schrieb Thomas Klausner:
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 06:20:16PM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 12:33:35PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > > Am Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 09:40:35AM +0200 schrieb Thomas Klausner:
> > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 01:33:26AM +0200, Leonardo Taccari wrote:
> > > > > Hello folks,
> > > > > When updating py-typing-extensions to latest version I had missed a new
> > > > > circular dependency in Python 3.7 introduced probably both by switch to
> > > > > wheel.mk and py-flit_core tool dependency, i.e.:
> > > > > 
> > > > >  py-build -> py-importlib-metadata -> py-typing-extensions -> py-build
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Any idea how to possibly address that?
> > > > > Thank you!
> > > > 
> > > > Remove python37? (only half-joking)
> > > 
> > > Don't. It just makes the whole Python 2.7 situation even more painful by
> > > removing many update paths.
> > 
> > Wie hilft 3.7 bei der Migration von 2.7 auf 3.x?
> 
> Ok, so this was intended as private mail, but Reply-To caught me.
> 
> In English:
> How does 3.7 help in migrating from 2.7 to 3.x?

It allows taking smaller steps, thereby reducing the risk of introducing
major breakage.

Joerg