From owner-freebsd-python@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 1 15:53:43 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-python@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63A831065677 for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:53:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phoffman@proper.com) Received: from hoffman.proper.com (IPv6.Hoffman.Proper.COM [IPv6:2605:8e00:100:41::81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F6F58FC12 for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:53:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.20.30.103] (50-0-66-4.dsl.dynamic.fusionbroadband.com [50.0.66.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by hoffman.proper.com (8.14.5/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q11Frfpe013754 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 1 Feb 2012 08:53:42 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from phoffman@proper.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Paul Hoffman In-Reply-To: <20120201051808.GA11036@lonesome.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:53:41 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <03D706CD-7FE1-43EC-BC5D-A00095FF57C5@proper.com> <20120201004547.GA30118@lonesome.com> <73AC545C-1F1A-48F5-9FDD-A91107AB3003@proper.com> <20120201051808.GA11036@lonesome.com> To: Mark Linimon X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) Cc: freebsd-python@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The state of packages based on Python ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-python@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD-specific Python issues List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:53:43 -0000 On Jan 31, 2012, at 9:18 PM, Mark Linimon wrote: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 05:37:54PM -0800, Paul Hoffman wrote: >> ftp.freebsd.org: /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8.2-release/All >=20 > We don't update ports in the *-release directories once the release > has been cut. =20 Thanks, that makes good sense.=20 > Our recommendation is that you should always keep your > ports tree up-to-date, and download packages from e.g. = package-8-stable/. Combined with Wen's message yesterday about the official version moving = to 2.7 after 8.2 was cut, that makes sense. HOWEVER, it doesn't answer the question of packages for 3.x. Is the = policy "there can be (mostly) only one set of packages for Python = modules, and that is for the preferred version"? Why not also have = "py30-foo" and so on? I have a specific need for a project I am working on (which uses Python = 3.1), and now have to jump through major hoops of adding the whole ports = tree just to get two minor Python ports; everything else is coming from = packages. --Paul Hoffman=