With the elimination of python2 from the tree, python-exec doesn't need to provide the python2 symlink anymore. And with one provider of py2, this could just be folded into that package. Reproducible: Always
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=5178b8694f3c8f3969647a137eaded2ed103259c commit 5178b8694f3c8f3969647a137eaded2ed103259c Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-10-01 13:47:49 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-10-01 14:04:33 +0000 dev-lang/python: Move py2 symlinks from python-exec to python:2.7 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/745975 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> dev-lang/python/python-2.7.18-r4.ebuild | 369 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 369 insertions(+) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=671b6f3393b1b5849b3670334a2881f29169975e commit 671b6f3393b1b5849b3670334a2881f29169975e Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-10-01 13:40:31 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-10-01 14:04:33 +0000 dev-lang/python-exec: Remove python2 symlink Stop installing python2* symlinks. We have only one Python 2 interpreter left, so let's move it there. As a bonus, people without Python 2.7 installed will not have it at all. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/745975 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> dev-lang/python-exec/python-exec-2.4.6-r2.ebuild | 126 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 126 insertions(+)
Feel free to ping me in a week or to stabilize it (or just file stablereq for both python-exec and python:2.7).