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On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 23:41:33 +0000 (UTC) |
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"Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@×××.com> wrote: |
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> > Hi, everyone. |
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> > TL;DR: we might keep Python 2.7 supported as a build-time dependency |
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> > of a few packages as necessary, while removing the eclass support |
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> > for installing packages for py2.7. |
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> > As I've mentioned earlier, the plan is to get rid of Python 2.7 |
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> > target support at the beginning of 2021. The plan was to last rite |
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> > all remaining packages failing to support Python 3 at 2021-01-01, |
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> > and remove the eclass support on 2021-02-15. At the same time, the |
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> > Python interpreter was going to stay around for as long as |
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> > necessary. |
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> > I've also mentioned that there is a high risk that this will not be |
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> > possible because of a few large entities ignoring the problem |
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> > and failing to port their build system scripts away from Python 2. |
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> > We can't really last rite all major web browsers, and postponing |
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> > the deadline indefinitely is not a good solution either. |
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> > Therefore, I advise the following plan B: if it is impossible to |
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> > remove Python 2.7 support from packages entirely, the support for |
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> > installing Python packages for Python 2.7 will be removed. |
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> > However, there will be exemptions granted for build-time |
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> > dependencies on the Python interpreter to keep things working, for |
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> > as long as the interpreter itself is going to stay. |
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> > The candidates for exemptions are pypy/pypy3 (CPython 2.7 is needed |
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> > for bootstrap on new platforms), Mozilla products, WebKit and |
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> > WebKit-based browsers. |
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> > Best regards, |
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> > Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny |
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> I believe net-print/hplip also depends on Python 2.7. This is |
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> print/hplip in NetBSD pkgsrc and FreeBSD ports. |
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> Or did they fix that recently? |
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> Possibly hplip is mainly for older HP printers, not sure about what's |
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> going on with HP laser printers more recently. |
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> Maybe that's why there has been reluctance to fix the Python 2.7 |
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> dependency? |
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> I have such an HP printer (LaserJet M1212nf MFP), and my experience |
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> dissuades me from ordering anything further from HP. |
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> I think most everybody involved with open-source would agree that |
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> proprietary binary plugins suck. |
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> Tom |
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latest hplip has: PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} ) |
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and older one was just missing py3.8 |
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