[Slackbuilds-users] yt-dlp release

[Antonio Leal]

Having the latest python is tempting... totally agree.

But who ensures its does not break stock slackware programs that depend 
on 3.9?

If the issue is just one app wouldn't a python venv be enough?


On 10/23/25 10:08 PM, B. Watson wrote:
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> On Thu, 23 Oct 2025, fourtysixandtwo wrote:
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>> I've been thinking about this off and on for a while and have a few
>> ideas about it.
>>
>> -If we do this 3.12 should be the target (like current)
>> -It doesn't have to live in /opt necessarily
>> -we could have the existing slackbuilds also build for 3.12 if it's
>> installed (or as necessary) which would allow just rebuilding existing
>> slackbuilds without duplicating every python slackbuild.  (other than
>> the stock slackware python builds we don't have "-opt" versions for)
>>  -this option would have other concerns so I'm not sure it's viable,
>> (Eugene: like affecting my recent sbotools suggestion)
>>  -would be a bit messier like the pre python2/3 split slackbuilds
>>  -it would however be easier to manage I think (less duplication of
>> work required)
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> All this makes sense.
>
> It can be viable.
>
> I was thinking /opt because there might be some random piece of
> software that would see /usr/bin/python3.12 and decide to build itself
> against that instead of respecting the /usr/bin/python3 symlink.
> Using /opt would keep it out of the way, so installing the new python
> wouldn't affect anything else.
>
>> Of course if we knew if the next release of Slackware was imminent
>> this wouldn't be a concern.  I would hate to do the work on this then
>> have that drop shortly after.
>
> Yeah.
>
> Going by how long the last Slackware release took, we probably have
> at least a couple more years before the next one.
>
> It's almost 100% certain that PV won't do a release until he has
> KDE/Plasma 6, and the KDE in -current is still 5. So I'm going with
> "it'll be a while yet". I'd love to be proven wrong though.
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