> On 1 Sep 2020, at 12:02, Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > [snip]
> Python 3.8 is planned to become the default on 2020-12-01. > Note that this means we need to keep in mind stabilisation of Python 3.8+ supporting-packages going forward. Please request stabilisation of your Python 3.8+ changes at the 30 days point, or earlier if it’s a trivial revbump (as new Python targets are equivalent to new USE flags, there is no real need for a revbump unless doing other tidying whilst there). Stabling Python 3.8 packages also makes things a bit easier for people who do testing of their packages on a stable system - mostly thinking of proxy-maintainers or casual user contributions here. I’m sure you’ve all already seen my annoying bugs to keep track of needed stabilisations; it will however be worth it to ensure a smooth transition when the default changes. The danger of insufficient stabled changes is users having to understand possibly complex Portage conflicts and add large numbers of package.use exceptions on a temporary basis which is unnecessary confusion. Again a reminder to add Python 3.9 whenever you can too. > Thank you all for your hard work! > -- > Best regards, > Michał Górny > Thanks, Sam
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