On 10-01-2010 09:29:28 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > I would like to suggest introduction of support for PYTHON_DEPEND variable, > which > would be a better replacement for NEED_PYTHON variable. NEED_PYTHON variable > does not allow to specify that e.g. only versions of Python 2 are accepted. > (Eventually PYTHON_DEPEND variable will have to be set only in ebuilds of > packages > not supporting installation for multiple versions of Python.)
Can you explain the intended use of this variable, and why normal DEPEND is not sufficient? -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level
