`port select python` and qtwebengine

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Mon Jun 3 06:02:13 UTC 2019


On 2019-6-3 07:14 , Christopher Jones wrote:
> For me, we should allow ‘port select python’ to select a 3.x version,
> but at the moment issue a warning to the user if they do this they might
> have problems.

Which is what the ticket is asking for.

> Also none of what a user might or might not do with port select should
> have any bearing on how any given port works. If it does, it is a bug in
> that port. ports should be written to, if they are sensitive to the
> python version used, explicitly configure their builds to use a specific
> macports python version, and not rely on whatever the environment provides.

Yes.

- Josh


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