From owner-freebsd-python@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 25 16:18:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-python@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8143016A4CE for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 16:18:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (mail.soaustin.net [207.200.4.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 421EA43D53 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 16:18:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id AEB2C147AC; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 18:18:54 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 18:18:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark Linimon X-X-Sender: linimon@pancho To: python@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200404251829.07062.x@Vex.Net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: Deprecation of lang/python{15,20} X-BeenThere: freebsd-python@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD-specific Python issues List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:18:55 -0000 On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, Tim Middleton wrote: > On the other hand; if nothing depends on them, what harm can they do > to leave them? 1. User confusion: what's the "right" version? It also clutters up the port list web page. 2. Build resources: bento.FreeBSD.org continuously builds all packages both as a QA step, and to make them available to users who choose not to build from ports. 3. Download time: currently, anyone who wants to track the ports collection needs to download the entire tarball or track the CVS files (IMHO, this is a bug, but ...) In any case, the download time and tarball extraction is an annoyance for some users. mcl