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List:       openbsd-ports
Subject:    Re: pondering.... meta/python3
From:       Vadim Zhukov <persgray () gmail ! com>
Date:       2020-01-07 8:13:36
Message-ID: CAMy=nGE3WAoZ5DWq3eCrY8ZN2tmwqG9dWpyvzdgaWK+cUFJ04Q () mail ! gmail ! com
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I like the idea. Still wondering if this should be considered non-meta
and install python3/pydoc3/etc as well... But in Python land I'm a
guest, so please do whatever you think is better. :)

пн, 6 янв. 2020 г. в 21:20, Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org>:
>
> Currently scripting an installation of Python when bringing up a
> machine from scratch is a bit annoying. pkg_add has % syntax but you
> need to know the major/minor version, "pkg_add python%2.7" is ok because
> it's not very likely to change, but for Python 3 which still receives
> updates it's not so good - was python%3.6, now python%3.7, and it will
> need to be %3.8 later.
>
> What does anyone think about adding a stupid meta/python3 port so
> that you can just do "pkg_add python3"?
>
> There is another way - pulling it in via an existing dependency (e.g.
> "pkg_add py3-setuptools" that you're probably going to need anyway)
> but it's not particularly intuitive so this seems a bit nicer.
>
> (attached)



-- 
  WBR,
  Vadim Zhukov

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