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On 17/08/2013 7:01 PM, Marcus von Appen wrote:
> On, Sat Aug 17, 2013, Kubilay Kocak wrote:
> 
>> On 17/08/2013 6:13 PM, Marcus von Appen wrote:
>>> The relevant UPDATING entry for the change will look like:
>>>
>>> 20130817:
>>>   AFFECTS: users of lang/python*
>>>   AUTHOR: mva@FreeBSD.org
>>>
>>>   The lang/python* ports do not install links to 2to3, idle, pydoc, python
>>>   and other binaries anymore. Those were moved into the lang/python2 and
>>>   lang/python3 ports. If you have lang/python2* or lang/python3* installed,
>>>   please also install the associated lang/python2 or lang/python3 port.
>>>
>>>   1. update lang/python2* and/or lang/python3*
>>>   2. install lang/python2 and/or lang/python3
>>>   3. reinstall lang/python (if installed).
>>>
>>>
>>> I think, the instructions should suffice. Please let me know, if you
>>> feel that more details are necessary.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Marcus
>>>
>>
>> Minor tweak:
>>
>> The lang/python* ports no longer install links to 2to3, idle, pydoc,
>> python and other binaries. These have been moved into lang/python2 and
>> lang/python3 ports respectively. This change allows ... brief
>> explanation of benefit here.
>>
>> Also, what are the "other" binaries, and are they worth mentioning
>> explicitly?
> 
> They are not worth mentioning in my opinion, since those would be the
> shared builds (python-shared) and config binaries (python-{shared}-config).
> 
> Right now I would not want to name any specific benefit, since this
> could give users the wrong impression that it is available already and
> something like
> 
>   This change allows the FreeBSD python ports to be used with different
>   Python versions at the same time as a mid-term goal.
> 
> or
> 
>   This change will enable other Python implementations to act as default
>   Python interpreter in the future.
> 
> feels to vague to me. If you think, it's worth mentioning, I'll put it
> in, though.
> 
> Cheers
> Marcus
> 

Concur, it ought to be clear. How's this:

This change brings us closer to the goal of making Python ports usable
with different Python versions at the same time.

--
koobs