mesa: use python 3.11

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

Update mesa to use Python 3.11:

$ port deps mesa

Full Name: mesa @22.1.7_0
Extract Dependencies: xz
Build Dependencies:   pkgconfig, flex, bison, py310-mako, python310, xorg-xorgproto, meson, ninja
Library Dependencies: expat, xorg-libxcb, xorg-libX11, xorg-libXext, xorg-libXdamage, zlib, zstd

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

Main.log of poppler upgrade from x86_64 macOS Monterey, Version 12.6.3

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

Main.log of gdk-pixbuf2 upgrade from x86_64 macOS Monterey, Version 12.6.3

[kencu (Ken)]

the usual command to check this is:

port rdeps PORTXYZ

but even that is not 100% accurate, I have found.

Anyway, might show you what is calling it in.

Of course, about 5,000 ports depend on python3.11 right now, so not really sure why this is a hill worth dying on....

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

port rdeps … gives some false hints by choosing some default_variant instead of the actually installed variant as dependency.

About two dozens of my installed ports depend on Python 3.10. Since I do not want to have two versions of Python installed I am staying with the older one.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

It's not hard to explain.

% port deps poppler
Full Name: poppler @23.03.0_0+boost
Extract Dependencies: xz
Build Dependencies:   cmake, pkgconfig, python311

% port deps gdk-pixbuf2
Full Name: gdk-pixbuf2 @2.42.10_0
Extract Dependencies: xz
Build Dependencies:   gi-docgen, gtk-doc, libxslt, pkgconfig, py311-docutils,
                      meson, ninja

3.11 is the default python version for MacPorts now, so if a port uses python for something, that's the version it should be using. The fact that you don't like having the latest python version installed doesn't seem like a very compelling reason to add variants, but I'll leave the decision in the hands of the maintainers of these ports.

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

I changed the Portfiles to contain a more sanely value, i.e., 3.10.

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

If there would exist a dependency I would not be able to uninstall a port without force.

[kencu (Ken)]

Replying to ballapete:

If there would exist a dependency I would not be able to uninstall a port without force.

unless they are build deps, which they are

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

port deps installed | grep py does not produce a single line that could be connected to Python 3.11 or any of its modules.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to ballapete:

I changed the Portfiles to contain a more sanely value, i.e., 3.10.

Why is 3.11 an insane value? Josh explained in ​this mailing list post why we are now switching the preferred python version to be the latest one every January 1.

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

Because it is not supported yet by all ports:

port deps mesa
Full Name: mesa @22.1.7_0
Extract Dependencies: xz
Build Dependencies:   pkgconfig, flex, bison, py310-mako, python310, xorg-xorgproto, meson, ninja
Library Dependencies: expat, xorg-libxcb, xorg-libX11, xorg-libXext, xorg-libXdamage, zlib, zstd

[reneeotten (Renee Otten)]

Replying to ballapete:

Because it is not supported yet by all ports:

well, then these ports should be updated to use Python 3.11 if supported. You can check whether these ports do, and, if so, submit a PR to suggest/make that change.

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

PR created for mesa:

​PR 20000 - mesa: use python 3.11

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Replying to mascguy:

PR created for mesa:

​PR 20000 - mesa: use python 3.11

Pete, is there anything else you've identified? Or is mesa the only straggler at this point?

p.s. I'll merge the PR, once we've hit the 72-hour maintainer timeout.

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

It's quite some time ago, but hopefully nothing was added with such an old dependency. For my needs mesa was the only one.

[Christopher Nielsen <mascguy@…>]

In d9807a0c956b105cd6dc229bd3beaecd1369b654/macports-ports (master):

mesa: use py311; block meson subproject download

Fixes: #67036
See: #67990