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<h2>Adding a new Python implementation<a class="headerlink" href="#adding-a-new-python-implementation" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<section id="eclass-and-profile-changes">
<h3>Eclass and profile changes<a class="headerlink" href="#eclass-and-profile-changes" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h3>
+<div class="admonition note">
+<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
+<p>The best time to perform these changes is prior to adding the first
+beta of new Python version. This is because <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dev-lang/python</span></code>
+has a conditional dependency on <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dev-lang/python-exec</span></code>
+for non-alpha versions, so adding the target prior to committing it
+ensures depgraph consistency.</p>
+</div>
<p>When adding a new Python target, please remember to perform all
the following tasks:</p>
<ul class="simple">