python 2 and 3 series

[nedry]

Hi can someone please explain the advantages of having both the 2 series and 3 series of python when they keep conflicting with each other? Most of the time i build from the ports tree, but half the time the port wants the 2 series of python and the other half wants the 3 series. sometimes a compile wont succeed as the python port installs into the same place. Its truly frustrating. Would it not be possible to choose a release of python and just stick with that?

 

[hruodr]

After you install few packages, you have installed as dependency python, perl
and ruby in many difference series. With luck you get also some tcl installations.

 

[getopt]

Hi can someone please explain the advantages of having both the 2 series and 3 series of python

Python2.7 is nearing EOL at 2020-01-01. So there should not be any advantage still having Python2 except for projects not building with Python3.

With this in /etc/make.conf you can prioritize building port flavor py36

DEFAULT_VERSIONS+=python=3.6

May be you get rid of Python2 completelely, but there are still ports/projects that have not been moved to Python3 by port maintainers/upstream. Those folks definitively need a wake up call for moving/configuring their stuff as EOL lurks around the corner.