I've just starting using the kde-4.3 keywords file [1] to upgrade from KDE 4.2. The file keywords =dev-python/sip-4.8*. This pulls in the new sip-4.8.2-r1 ebuild, which has added RDEPEND="=dev-lang/python-2* =dev-lang/python-3*". This prevents my build of KDE 4.3 from going forward, as Python 3 is still unstable and I have no desire to keyword it in just yet. The changelog for sip 4.8.2-r1 says: "Add new revision to ensure that dev-python/sip is installed by default for Python 2 and Python 3. Fix compatibility with Python 3." I'm not sure how making sip pull in Python 3 achieves the described goal -- shouldn't it be the other way around (Python 2 and 3 both pull in sip)? I got around this by removing the sip entry from the kde-4.3 keywords file so that it uses sip-4.8.2, which doesn't have this bizarre dependency arrangement and installs quite happily. I don't understand why sip should require both Python 2 AND Python 3. It's very strange. Version 4.8.2 works just fine with just Python 2 installed. Perhaps the RDEPEND was meant to have (=dev-lang/python-2* || =dev-lang/python-3*) ? [1] http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/kde.git;a=blob_plain;f=Documentation/package.keywords/kde-4.3.keywords;hb=master Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install the kde4.3 keywords file 2. emerge -avuND world Actual Results: No ebuilds available to satisfy dependency =dev-lang/python-3*, pulled in by dev-python/sip. Expected Results: sip installed against Python 2, without requiring me to install Python 3.
Take a look at bug 287445
QA thoughtlessly decided to break dependencies and cause more problems for users.
