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

ajtiM starikarp at dismail.de
Sun Apr 19 17:55:29 UTC 2020


On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 09:54:27 -0700
Kevin Oberman <rkoberman at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you actually use inkscape, can you try inkscape with python37 an
> confirm whether or not it works? My guess is that it does not,  but
> it does run and at least works to some degree. Maybe everything
> works. (Hope springs eternal.)
> 
> I suspect you know this, but you can just edit the Makefile to remove
> ":2.7" from the dependencies and then rebuild the port.
> 
> As for gnumeric (which I actually care about), I think just deleting
> the post-install in the Makefile might do the trick. post-install
> will clearly fail with a non-python27 build.
> 
> Again, scon is the big one and looks like a candidate for FLAVORS.
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> 
I did try few months ago and it didn't work.
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