On 12/06/2019 05:10 AM, Dave Howorth wrote:
Without an upstream, nothing changes, you just keep packaging the last release. No different than how Gtk+2 is packaged -- which hasn't had an upstream for years -- but there is still a lot of Gtk+2 code in many apps -- as there will be plenty of non-python3 compatible code if python2 was dropped. I don't see any manpower it would require at all. There will be no other changes to the package.
I think the point is that maintenance is done as part of SLE and they guarantee to provide security updates. So unless somebody can guarantee that there are no further security bugs in any python2-related packages, they can't keep them available without committing manpower as and when required.
I see that point, but does that mean SLE is doing security checks on Gtk+2, Gtk+3 (now Gtk+4 is current, the same for GtkSourceview-2, 3 & 4), etc.. I can see SLE continuing with php56, but what of all the other successor versions of core tools that are no 100% backwards compatible with the new version. The python issue makes no difference to me, I don't use it, but it really strikes me as odd why python2 would be singled out for different treatment than all the other packages and libraries where multiple versions are packaged for openSUSE. I would be a good 20-40% of libraries have multiple versions packaged, there are multiple versions of gcc, so why is python2 special? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org