On July 29, 2020 2:49:14 AM EDT, Matt Turner <matts...@gentoo.org> wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 7:32 PM Aaron Bauman <b...@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> On July 28, 2020 9:57:44 PM EDT, Gordon Pettey <petteyg...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> >That dependency is only if USE="-gnuefi". sys-boot/gnu-efi has no
>> >Python
>> >dependency. Instead of masking/removing refind, remove the USE flag
>and
>> >force the gnu-efi dependency, or reverse the condition, add
>> >IUSE="tianocore", and mask that USE flag.
>> >
>> >On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 7:06 PM Aaron Bauman <b...@gentoo.org>
>wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 04:55:57PM -0700, Matt Turner wrote:
>> >> > On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 4:17 PM Aaron Bauman <b...@gentoo.org>
>> >wrote:
>> >> > > sys-boot/refind
>> >> >
>> >> > How did you conclude that this package depends on Python at all?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Hi, Matt. It has a dependency on sys-boot/udk which was masked due
>to
>> >> using py2.7 only. Hope that helps.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Aaron
>> >>
>>
>> That is for the maintainer to decide. Hence, all the previous
>discussions surrounding this topic. It is a massive undertaking to
>remove py2.7 from the tree.
>
>You've made a very strong case for filing bugs and asking maintainers
>to figure out what to do before masking packages for removal.
Haven't we had this discussion before? Further, hasn't the community been made
aware through multiple channels of the impending removal of Py2?
In the end, a few packages get saved and a *lot* go away. Let's just save the
few and move on please...
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