python 2.7 marked as deprecated and EOL while 2.7.18 RC is available

[ajtiM]

On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 20:24:21 +0200
Christoph Moench-Tegeder <cmt at burggraben.net> wrote:

> ## ajtiM via freebsd-ports (freebsd-ports at freebsd.org):
> 
> > >         asterisk16: 16.9.0
> 
> That's surprising - asterisk16 with somewhat usual OPTIONS does not
> have a direct python dependency - I'd guess you're seeing an indirect
> dependency via newt (devel/newt) which has PYTHON as a default OPTION;
> but it can use either (2 or 3) python - here it happily uses python
> 3.7.
> 
> > 	FreeCAD: 0.18.4_4
> 
> Perhaps again an indirect dependency? Through vtk6, I guess (that
> needs to be replaced by vtk8, working on it). Except for that I've
> recently removed all python 2 support from FreeCAD and it's toolkits.
> 
> > 	en-gimp-help-html: 2.10.0_1
> 
> That port doesn't even exist anymore (see MOVED,
>  graphics/gimp-help||2020-03-01|Has expired: Broken )
> 
> > 	gimp: 2.10.18,2
> 
> Through py-gimp? That's scheduled for removal.
> 
> > 	latex-beamer: 3.57
> 
> How that? Indirect dependency via texlive-texmf? Even if our texlive
> would need some love (read: update), it's fully happy with python 3.7.
> 
> > 	opencascade: 7.4.0_2
> 
> Again, vtk6...
> 
> > BTW, I do not know why some apps need llvm60 still:
> 
> That shouldn't be.
> 
> > pkg delete llvm60:
> > 
> > FreeCAD: 0.18.4_4
> > 	llvm60: 6.0.1_7
> > 	py37-pyside2: 5.14.2
> > 	py37-pyside2-tools: 5.14.2
> > 	py37-shiboken2: 5.14.2
> 
> It's shiboken2 which has a dependency on the default ports llvm (see
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/WhyDoIHaveToBuildLLVMWhenIAlreadyHaveClangInstalleds
> as per usual) - but that would be llvm90 since septemper 2019.
> Looks like you're picking up random cruft during build and not
> following default version changes.
> 
> Regards,
> Christoph
> 

Thank you very much for clear explanation  and I did correct everything.
 

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