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Re: python2 in git
From: |
Maxim Cournoyer |
Subject: |
Re: python2 in git |
Date: |
Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:53:07 +0000 |
Hi Ricardo!
On March 3, 2020 12:43:29 PM UTC, Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> wrote:
>Hi Guix,
>
>our “git” package has python-2 among its inputs. It says this:
>
>("python" ,python-2) ; CAVEAT: incompatible with python-3 according to
>INSTALL
>
>The INSTALL file for git 2.25.1 says this about Python:
>
> - Python version 2.4 or later (but not 3.x, which is not
> supported by Perforce) is needed to use the git-p4 interface
> to Perforce.
>
>The git-p4 script does, however, contain conditionals to accomodate
>Python 3. Here’s an example:
>
>--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
># support basestring in python3
>try:
> unicode = unicode
>except NameError:
> # 'unicode' is undefined, must be Python 3
> str = str
> unicode = str
> bytes = bytes
> basestring = (str,bytes)
>else:
> # 'unicode' exists, must be Python 2
> str = str
> unicode = unicode
> bytes = str
> basestring = basestring
>--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
>It also uses the Python 3 style “print” call instead of the Python 2
>style statement.
>
>I would like to build git with the latest version of Python. Any
>objections?
Good analysis! None from me!
Maxim