How to wean myself away from Python 3.9? and then Python3.10?

[raf]

On Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at 06:38:15PM -0800, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi;
> 
> How to wean myself away from Python 3.9? and then Python3.10?
> 
> There's so much that I don't understand about MacPorts.
> 
> Should I uninstall everything that depends on Python 3.9 and then
> Python 3.9 and then re-install those apps that I uninstalled from the
> first sequence?  How will that not put me back to where O started?

I don't think you need to think about it. Python-based
ports tend to just depend on whatever is macports's
current default python port which gets updated
annually. A handful (38 out of 2261) declare a specific
default python version. When there are no longer any
ports depending on an old version of python, it
probably automatically becomes a candidate for removal
unless it was explicitly requested.

> The same question applies to Perl.

Perl-based ports are slightly different. They tend to
declare a range of perl5 versions that they work with
(usually the four that are supported at any time by
macports).

I think if you regularly selfupdate and upgrade outdated and
reclaim, it'll probably look after itself. At least, that's my
mental model. Corrections are always welcome.

> Thanks,
> Ken Wolcott

cheers,
raf