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| author |   Matthew Marchese <maffblaster@gentoo.org> | 2020-09-06 09:44:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Matthew Marchese <maffblaster@gentoo.org> | 2020-09-06 09:44:01 -0700 |
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Adding news about Portage 3 availability.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Marchese <maffblaster@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/_posts/2020-09-05-portage-3-stablized.md b/_posts/2020-09-05-portage-3-stablized.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d82307b --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2020-09-05-portage-3-stablized.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +title: 'Portage 3.0 stabilized' +--- + +<img src="https://www.gentoo.org/assets/img/news/2020/skating-larry-mask.svg" alt="Skating Larry" class="news-img-right" width="170"> + +We have good news! Gentoo's [Portage project](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage) has recently stabilized version 3.0 of the package manager. + +What's new? Well, this third version of Portage **_removes_** support for Python 2.7, which has been [an ongoing effort across the main Gentoo repository](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Python#Python_2_end-of-life) by Gentoo's Python project during the 2020 year (see this blog post). + +In addition, due to a user provided patch, updating to the latest version of Portage can vastly speed up dependency calculations by around 50-60%. We love to see our community engaging in our software! For more details, see [this Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/huczqb/portage_300_released_with_up_to_5060_faster/) from the community member who provided the patch. Stay healthy and keep cooking with Gentoo!
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