Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:13:23 +0100 From: Gerhard Schmidt <estartu@ze.tum.de> To: Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com> Cc: freebsd-python@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/118773: x11-toolkits/py-qt and devel/py-sip don't need python2.5 as port states Message-ID: <47A17513.4070004@ze.tum.de> In-Reply-To: <200801300000.44589.danny@ricin.com> References: <200801290206.57222.danny@ricin.com> <479ECC98.9080802@augusta.de> <200801300000.44589.danny@ricin.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Danny Pansters schrieb: > On Tuesday 29 January 2008 07:50:00 Gerhard Schmidt wrote: >> Danny Pansters schrieb: >>> Py-2.5 became the default python around the time that PyQt4 update >>> arrived, and I have proactively set USE_PYTHON=2.5+ >>> >>> There *have* been certain problems with PyQt4 with python 2.5- (fixed by >>> the author but you never know what else may lurk). Also, PyQt4 >>> development uses py-2.5 now. >>> >>> Also, the PR originator should have CC'd me, or may be just ask why I >>> made that decision. >>> >>> I do not approve this patch. PR originator can use his patch locally and >>> solve any future problems arising from that locally as well. >> There is still no information why the decision is made. >> >> Using USE_PYTHON=2.4+ will still install python2.5 by default but whouldn't >> prevent the port form being installed on python2.4. So where is the gain in >> your decision. >> >> Python2.4 is still widely used. E.g. Zope doesn't run on 2.5 so all users >> of Zope have still 2.4 installed. Your decision causes many problems >> without any gain. >> >> Regards >> Estartu > > > You can CC the python@ list as many times as you want, but the patch is not > approved. And now please stop bothering me and the people reading this ML. BTW I thought the propper way to contact the maintainer of a Port is the gnats system. And I never proposed a Patch. I Just wanted to send you the Information that both Ports work on python2.4 as well. I CC to this list because I think there is a discussion needed about this. I don't say that you have to do the testing youself. But use the information given to you by others. As there is no testsystem in the py-qt source, so I can't be sure that everything is working correctly but as far as I see there is no problem with this port on python2.4 Personaly I don't have any problems with changing my local port, but i think there are many FreeBSD users out there who just using FreeBSD and the Portsystem. Setting USE_PYTON=2.5+ forcing them to upgrade there python installation or maintain two versions on the system, which is not very handy with the ports system (it's not desired to have two python versions on an system so there is no real need to support it) So I see no harm in setting USE_PYTHON=2.4+ and lots of gain to the python2.4 users. Regards Gerhard -- ------------------------------------------------- Gerhard Schmidt | E-Mail: schmidt@ze.tum.de TU-München | WWW & Online Services | Tel: 089/289-25270 | Fax: 089/289-25257 | PGP-Publickey auf Anfrage [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEVAwUBR6F1GNl1K6RAAKkVAQoR5wf/dw6VSpSSHi6YHe4MRtpGAoa7J5RnBI9m dUgELiqBrX9C7h5pwp5bo42gThnf7YzSjX3JsW5ye2vbSASC3pIhFO4T20SDGa9I b9X98XoTkfaPUOrmvZr7rqxJvDaHBuZFRg1z55yNngWgODv4FN9wgy3MsD5sWd2J +6FK1sqm7Q0eIPeQUZW0yFzDEScAP4TYXXB95lj/GQw9HqjfdIMvigi48ajLgbzZ tRw1Nui6tDlYigSsOrQtcPJTQAUEtxYQIpYRtdBejS259FH0THsBF5sUFqRYNNWx ipXcj2Cm1dYMHHKW/KlVKU2df5kx0MPYjFKwsdVBwzeg0Dj1oFIONA== =ZA9x -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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