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From: "Maxim Khitrov" <mkhitrov@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Python 3.0 port?
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On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Andrew MacIntyre
<andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au> wrote:
>
> Maxim Khitrov wrote:
>
>
> > I posted this message to freebsd-ports and was redirected here. Would
> > it be possible to get python 3.0 into the ports tree even though it's
> > currently in alpha stages? I'm just starting to learn the language,
> > but I want a chance to play with both 2.5 and 3.0 at the same time.
> >
>
>  While a port of Python 3.0 would be useful for of package management, it
>  should build and install without any modification:
>
>   ./configure
>   make
>   make test
>   make install
>
>  If it doesn't, a bug report to bugs.python.org would be in order.

Of course, though seeing as there are major changes being made from
2.5/2.6 to 3.0, I thought that it might be useful to offer the alpha
as python-devel port so people could prepare (and learn). I'll install
it manually for now.

- Max