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Subject: Re: A Celebration of Gentoo
Date: 11 Jun 2024 03:39:00 GMT
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On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 02:40:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

> Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote at 19:26 this Saturday (GMT):
>> Gentoo, the bestest GNU/Linux distro, distributes a "news" document
>> along with the portage tree.
>>
>> Several weeks ago, the Gentoo news warned that beginning June 1 the
>> default Python would change from 3.11 to 3.12.
>>
>> I said: What the friggin' fuck!  That goddamned Python is being updated
>> faster than that cocksuckin' Microslop .NET."
> [snip]
> 
> While I don't really agree with the rest of the post, yeah .NET is kinda
> bad.

Python 3.11 was released in October of 2022, 3.12 in October of 2023. The 
releases are once a year in October so 3.13 is in beta and will be 
released this October. It might take Gentoo a couple of years to catch up.