On Friday, 6 December 2019 20:47:31 CET Thomas Deutschmann wrote:
> On 2019-12-06 17:44, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> > 1. Keep the old version installed.
> > 2. Emit a confusing error message to the user since the use-dependency
> > on dev-python/example[python_targets_python2_7] cannot be resolved
> > with the latest visible version.
> 
> I don't fully understand #2 to be honest but yes, you will be cut off
> from latest version at some point. Same in PHP.

Considering that above statement, I would expect a bit more humility than the 
following:

> Maybe someday one of those responsible will admit that this step was not
> a thoughtful and good decision and promise not to do it that way again
> and I'll get over it. Who knows. :)

Just so we're on the same page, a recent example of what some people 
suggesting to keep py27 ad nauseam are asking users to deal with:



# emerge -uDpv @world

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!

Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 KiB

WARNING: One or more updates/rebuilds have been skipped due to a dependency 
conflict:

dev-python/sphinx:0

  (dev-python/sphinx-2.0.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) conflicts 
with
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python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/sphinxcontrib-websupport-1.1.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                               
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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by (dev-python/cython-0.29.4:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                         
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/flask-babelex-0.9.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                         
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/testtools-2.3.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                       
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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sphinx-1.3.1[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/testpath-0.3.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                       
    dev-python/sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),-
python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-)] required by 
(dev-python/backports-functools-lru-cache-1.4-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                   
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/Babel-2.6.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                       
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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python_single_target_python3_5(-),-python_single_target_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required by (dev-python/flask-wtf-0.14.2-
r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
       
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-)] required by (dev-python/
pexpect-4.2.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
   
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required by (dev-python/python-
sqlparse-0.2.4:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
       
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/pyopenssl-19.0.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                       
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/flask-login-0.4.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                       
    dev-python/
sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/future-0.17.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                         
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sphinx-1.3.1[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-
python_single_target_python3_5(-),-python_single_target_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required by (dev-python/pyxattr-0.6.0-
r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               
    dev-python/
sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/more-itertools-4.2.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                       
    dev-python/
sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/utidylib-0.3-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                         
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/traitlets-4.3.2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                         
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sphinx-0.6[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
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    dev-python/
sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/numpydoc-0.9.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                         
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/virtualenv-16.0.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                       
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/rst-linker-1.11:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                       
    dev-python/
sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/nbformat-4.4.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                         
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-),-
python_single_target_python3_5(-),-python_single_target_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required by (dev-python/
cairocffi-0.8.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
       
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r1[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/qtconsole-4.3.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                     
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
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by (dev-python/ipyparallel-6.0.2-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                         
    dev-python/
sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/jupyter_core-4.4.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                         
    dev-python/
sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_pypy3(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/atomicwrites-1.1.5-r3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                       
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/sphinxcontrib-github-alt-1.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                         
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/paramiko-2.4.2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                         
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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python_single_target_python2_7(-),-python_single_target_python3_5(-),-
python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/pallets-sphinx-themes-1.1.2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                       
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sphinx[python_targets_python2_7(-),python_targets_python3_6(-),-
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python_single_target_python3_6(-),-python_single_target_python3_7(-)] required 
by (dev-python/py-1.5.4:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                       
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python_single_target_pypy(-),-python_single_target_python2_7(-)] required by 
(dev-python/futures-3.1.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)



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