On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 8:35 AM Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar <dimstar@opensuse.org> wrote:
Hello,
On Mon, 2019-04-15 at 13:39 +0200, Matěj Cepl wrote:
Hello,
this is just your periodic remainder (which could be expected for the last 10+ years or so, so there shouldn't be any surprise) that on the bright fresh chilly morning of 2020-01-02 we are going to remove python2 package (that's Python 2.7.* interpreter) from Factory.
I'm not sure if you cna word it this drastic - you can set it as a GOAL to remove python2 from Factory. Even a target date is a nice to have. And a lot of effort has already happened.
But, as a release manager I claim to have a say in this topic too: Dropping py2 is a noble goal, it is a high target. But if this means losing things like firefox, osc, "insertfavoriteapphere" - then you all can be sure that we will weigh the pros and cons of keeping/dropping py2. In plus, with a capable maintainer who is willing to further work on possibly reported CVEs: how can we claim it is not maintained?!
At least on the subject of osc, the PRs to fix it for Python 3 have stalled out. Nobody with write access is reviewing any of them. At least in Fedora, due to the pressure of getting the dep chains for Python 2 reduced[1], I imported the patches and switched osc to Python 3 in Fedora 30[2]. It works great. Too bad the upstream project maintainer seems to not have time for the project... So I hope Matěj's post pushes people to prioritize getting the ports done, if nothing else. [1]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Mass_Python_2_Package_Removal [2]: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/osc/c/31982d5946fcd3b916bc77dc1708017bd80... -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org