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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: */*: More Py2 stuff
From:       Christian Zuckschwerdt <zany () triq ! net>
Date:       2020-07-29 14:57:59
Message-ID: 7224A26F-ACF8-4556-AD07-71A1690AF060 () triq ! net
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Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org>:
> 
> How do you disagree with users keywording that package *not* running the latest \
> version? Further, if they are on a stable system running it as keyworded... They \
> know how to unmask <3 if they want to use the Py2 only version. 

I don't have any insight on policy and won't venture any opinion, but perhaps I can \
showcase my user experience:

I run -python2_7 and use stable sys-boot/refind -- it was quite the surprise to see a \
mask and 30-days-to-removal on my boot manager for a (unused) optional dep.


thanks,
Christian


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