[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: News item for python3.4 defaults
From:       Mike Gilbert <floppym () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2014-11-17 5:35:14
Message-ID: CAJ0EP426E66Rs9uCeyKBF=A+Eu7jEQkHbUuhiyR7BV=NSPCkGw () mail ! gmail ! com
[Download RAW message or body]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:
> Mike Gilbert posted on Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:21:14 -0500 as excerpted:
>
>> At the same time, support for Python 3.2 will be removed from the
>> python-r1 family of eclasses. This version no longer receives regular
>> bug fixes, and is currently only receiving security updates.
>
> Problem: Gentooers are conditioned to consider -r1 a version indicator,
> making "python-r1" the closest back-reference to which "This version" can
> refer.  At least here that was rather confusing, because on first parse
> it looked as if python-r1 (the eclass family) is only getting security
> updates, in which case why is python 3.2 being removed from it?
>
> Solution: Make explicit that it's python 3.2 that is security-update only.
>
> One possible rewrite (which also changes the order quite a bit and with
> it the emphasis, don't know if that's desired but it appears to do the
> job from here):
>
> Python 3.2, now security-update-only as it's nearing end-of-life, will be
> dropped from the python-r1 family of eclasses at the same time.

It would be easier to just restate "Python 3.2" as the subject of the
second sentence.

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]