From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jan 09 11:00:08 2023 Received: (at 60240) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Jan 2023 16:00:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37989 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pEuZE-0001pT-LL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:00:08 -0500 Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.199]:48911) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pEuZB-0001nK-V8 for 60240@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:00:07 -0500 Received: (Authenticated sender: tanguy@bioneland.org) by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 121A2FF812; Mon, 9 Jan 2023 15:59:56 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bioneland.org; s=gm1; t=1673279999; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=fw+MdwqBcdCfA3Z/0DBsAtCTX5DMvGiphBlKnj8CU3w=; b=pfT0nyMZ4BCfI88wftIPCRdlGh8ozxYVidGpaU787mFZm7nKMZaXDK0JpHmnDzgzid1cam YspyhR8RfHYlZymriSY/VSgODiw6wJS/ivQcWd9xsZc6mALxqkZS2NQzzl64yK5HzrK88D MgFbohtLGN3KJISRaQ8T/2tV8SOloPwcB+S6LRlj1+Y/WwJn6R54qnUvDjXgjgpgTc2KfV 0bFqdRLvdY1uktjLtH7PDU9d6n9ri6W/U0Ln4nzZ71l6uNYr8z3vtyD8EcPsrNFytqBQib 11Nk7NIMFu+e8GPMeazars/ixmMFagFXp0XB0eByrNUnyq1YN2Ytf740E6QdiQ== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <20221221153230.27764-1-tanguy@bioneland.org> <877cxzh8ez.fsf@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [bug#60240] [PATCH] [WIP] gnu: Add python-3.11. From: Tanguy LE CARROUR To: 60240@debbugs.gnu.org, Simon Tournier In-Reply-To: <877cxzh8ez.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:59:55 +0100 Message-ID: <167327999599.20007.5827702388142340079@localhost> User-Agent: alot/0.10 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 60240 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) Hi Simon, Believe it or not, I sent the patch before I went on vacation and=E2=80=A6 = I kind of forgot about it! =F0=9F=98=85 Quoting Simon Tournier (2023-01-06 18:36:36) > On Wed, 21 Dec 2022 at 16:32, Tanguy Le Carrour wr= ote: >=20 > > This leads me to my first question: wouldn't it be better to write a "f= resh" > > package definition not inheriting from `python-2` (deprecated since 202= 0) and > > `python-3.9` (soon to be replaced)? >=20 > Yes, it would be nice to have Python 3 as the package definition. And > maybe Python 2 as inheriting from Python 3. :-) I'm not saying that we should do the same but=E2=80=A6 Debian is dropping support for Python 2 in the next release [1]. [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/Python/FAQ#Python_2_support > > Another question would be: should I first write a package definition > > for `python-3.10` so we have it in the history and one could use the > > time machine to install it? >=20 > Well, it appears to me fine to jump from 3.9 to 3.11 dropping 3.10. You know what they say, who can do more can do less! =F0=9F=98=81 Regards, --=20 Tanguy