Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:46:25 +0000 From: Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> To: =?UTF-8?B?UGF3ZcWCIFDEmWthbGE=?= <pawel@freebsd.org> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r458161 - head/textproc/meld Message-ID: <CAOc73CDbEac8JMDhJF1VnuzmGW8hBqJ9_vqybegqjffXhK_a3Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180108000931.44eb67e1@FreeBSD.org> References: <201801051817.w05IHfJY013765@repo.freebsd.org> <CAOc73CC3ukRqG9uccirfGQzvScYSDGuyaR11cRrTVuM_WGPVzA@mail.gmail.com> <20180108000931.44eb67e1@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 8 Jan 2018 at 7:10 am, Pawe=C5=82 P=C4=99kala <pawel@freebsd.org> w= rote: > Hi Ben, > > On 2018-01-07 01:28 +0000, Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> wrote: > >On Sat, 6 Jan 2018 at 2:17 am, Pawel Pekala <pawel@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > >> Author: pawel > >> Date: Fri Jan 5 18:17:40 2018 > >> New Revision: 458161 > >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/458161 > >> > >> Log: > >> - Remove deprecated PYDISTUTILS_INSTALLNOSINGLE by manually setting > >> PYDISTUTILS_INSTALLARGS > >> - Set USE_PYTHON=3Dnoflavors, meld is GUI application and flavors > >> make no sense here > >> > > > >What about the scenario where the end user is trying to standardise on > >python 3.4 across there system? > > > >With flavors they would have been able to use the default packages to > >achieve this. Without flavors they either have to live with the fact > >that another python version will be installed by the official package, > >or create a custom package repository. > > Meld will use python version that is default, it's easy to check via > command line: > > % make all-depends-list | grep python3 > /hdd/ports/lang/python36 > > % make DEFAULT_VERSIONS=3DPYTHON3=3D34 all-depends-list 2>/dev/null | gre= p > python3 > /hdd/ports/lang/python34 > > -- > pozdrawiam / with regards > Pawe=C5=82 P=C4=99kala Yes, but what if someone only wants to administer their machines with packages, doesn=E2=80=99t want to rebuild ports, and wants to use a version= of python other than the default? This is a central idea which flavors helps to solve. It helps sysadmins / users in avoiding ports and just using packages, whilst still having the flexibility to decide on a python version if they like. Regards, Ben --=20 -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com
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