Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> writes:

> That's right. The python modification would trigger too many
> rebuilds. Do you know which branch I should push it to?

Python 2 has 6682 dependent packages, so this change should go to the
'core-updates' branch according to the "Submitting Patches" section of
the manual.

Please make sure Python 3 also works with this change, as the configure
flag is indeed inherited as Danny pointed out.

Thank you!