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

[Ronald Klop]

On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 01:40:29 +0200, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> I see both mate-menu and mate-applets require python27, but both build  
> fine
> and seem to be running well when built with py37. It is possible that one
> or more applets that I don't use do require py27, but I see no reason for
> that requirement on mate-menus. The menus seem to be fine.
>
> Inkscape is another. It  builds and runs on py37, but I have no  
> confidence
> that it runs properly. I have not used inkscape in years and I don't  
> really
> know how to test it. I am dubious.
>
> math/gnumeric is one I use daily and it explicitly states in the build  
> that
> 2.x is required and it is not yet compatible with python3+. It appears  
> that
> the default is to simply build gnumeric without Python bindings in which
> case python2 is not required, but the port makes use of it, so it  
> probably
> needs at least some massaging.
>
> The big one is scons. It is required by virtualbox-ose, and that is  
> rather
> important.


See https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241463 for a attempt  
to flavor scons for python 2 and python 3.
Otherwise I don't see how new ports (wanting python3 to buid) can use  
scons while existing ports keep building using python 2 for the coming  
months.

NB: mongodb36 and 40 want scons with python 2. Mongodb42 (not in  ports  
yet) wants scons for python 3.

Regards,
Ronald.


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