Hello Maurice!   
      
   11 Aug 2018 21:25, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:   
      
    BP>> -1, if not much intrest to drop python2 it will survice longer   
      
    MK> It definetly looks that way, hence things like Firefox requiring you    
    MK> to have both python2 and python3.   
      
   seems why i dont emerge firefox here :)   
      
    MK> I have a choice to have either one    
    MK> or the other or none at all.   
      
   your choice is not my problem :)   
      
    MK> However if none then I lose mc so for    
    MK> now I decided to go with python2 and make alsa struff happy while I am    
    MK> at it.   
      
   disable fam, its solved imho ?   
      
    MK> With python3 I can keep mc happy as it doesn't care which    
    MK> version since it is glib that requires it and it is happy with either    
    MK> python2 or python3.   
      
   glib can be compiled with python3 on gentoo, where is the problem then ?   
      
    MK> At this point in time if I am forsced to python3    
    MK> or both then I'd probably choose none and learn to live without mc.     
    MK> ;-)   
      
   then you loose both aswell   
      
    BP>> glib have not depending on python2 anymore on gentoo   
    MK> Interesting that they made that choice.  Seems to me another reason I    
    MK> won't be using gentoo.  ;-)   
      
   and time to learn more   
      
    BP>> maybe try python 3.7 ? :)   
    MK> Why?   
      
   +1, python 2.7 is long supported on gentoo, failback if python3 fails   
      
    MK> I am not planning to install Firefox and would still need    
    MK> python2 for mesalib if I wanted to install xorg and apps that require    
    MK> mesalib.  I see no point for python3 other than Firefox at this stage    
    MK> of the game.   
      
   report it to the precompilers to change away from python2 would help get rid   
   of dual versions of python api needs :)   
      
    MK> Also I am still happy with a text browser so this isn't    
    MK> worth anything to me personally.   
      
   yep i am happy no need for X11 on my fidonet :)   
      
    MK> Het leven is goed,   
    MK> Maurice   
      
   i got 4.18 now   
      
      
    Regards Benny   
      
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