Bug 863203

Summary:	>=dev-lang/python-3.11.0_alpha3 missing xml USE flag
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Boris Staletic <boris.staletic>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Boris Staletic 2022-08-02 18:44:40 UTC

Since python 3.11.0a3 the gentoo ebuild has been missing the xml USE flag.
Removing this flag prevents some ebuilds from being built with python 3.11,
like pfl and gobject-introspection.

Previously this flag was on by default.

If this USE flag was omitted intentionally, then this bug should be closed and
some ebuilds will need to be updated for python 3.11 (apart from the usual
PYTHON_COMPAT update).

Comment 1 Sam James archtester

2022-08-02 18:49:11 UTC

This is intentional and ebuilds should use xml(+) instead. last time I checked, all ebuilds in tree handled this fine.

There is a pkgcheck warning for missing USE dep defaults. I don't see any for Python stuff being triggered right now. pfl doesn't even have 3.11 yet?

Comment 2 Boris Staletic 2022-08-02 19:20:29 UTC

Thanks for the quick response.
You are right that pfl does not have python3.11 yet. I came across this when I attempted to add python3.11 for pfl.

> ebuilds should use xml(+)

Ah, so that's how this is supposed to be handled!

Thanks!

Comment 3 Sam James archtester

2022-08-02 19:33:20 UTC

No problem :)