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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: python@g.o, "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-dev] [REVIEW v2 2/2] 2020-02-07-python-2-7-eol: remove superseded news item
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 06:43:48
Message-Id: 20200928064256.124822-3-mgorny@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [REVIEW v2 0/2] 2020-09-28-python-2-7-cleanup news item by "Michał Górny"
1 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o>
2 ---
3 .../2020-02-07-python-2-7-eol.en.txt | 51 -------------------
4 1 file changed, 51 deletions(-)
5 delete mode 100644 2020-02-07-python-2-7-eol/2020-02-07-python-2-7-eol.en.txt
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7 diff --git a/2020-02-07-python-2-7-eol/2020-02-07-python-2-7-eol.en.txt b/2020-02-07-python-2-7-eol/2020-02-07-python-2-7-eol.en.txt
8 deleted file mode 100644
9 index fb9c16e..0000000
10 --- a/2020-02-07-python-2-7-eol/2020-02-07-python-2-7-eol.en.txt
11 +++ /dev/null
12 @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
13 -Title: Python 2.7 went EOL
14 -Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o>
15 -Posted: 2020-02-07
16 -Revision: 1
17 -News-Item-Format: 2.0
18 -Display-If-Installed: dev-lang/python:2.7
19 -
20 -Python 2.7 has reached its end-of-life by 2019-12-31. Python package
21 -upstreams have started removing Python 2 compatibility code from their
22 -packages more aggressively. This includes common dependencies such as
23 -dev-python/pytest, dev-python/setuptools and dev-python/sphinx. While
24 -we realize that many packages are still dependent on Python 2, providing
25 -full support for it exceeds our maintenance capabilities.
26 -
27 -Upstream is planning to make one more release of dev-lang/python:2.7
28 -in April 2020. We are going to continue maintaining and patching
29 -the interpreter for as long as it is feasible, most likely even after
30 -all Python 2 packages are gone from Gentoo.
31 -
32 -At the same time, we are actively working towards switching
33 -the distribution to Python 3. Whenever possible, we are removing
34 -Python 2 support from packages. It will remain available for
35 -the packages missing Python 3 compatibility and their dependencies
36 -for some more time. However, packages that have little chances of being
37 -ported will eventually be removed.
38 -
39 -If you are still using Python 2 for your projects, we strongly recommend
40 -you to migrate away. For the time being, it is preferable to use
41 -dev-python/virtualenv or a similar solution rather than ebuilds,
42 -to install the dependencies for your projects locally.
43 -
44 -Regular Gentoo systems will be migrated off Python 2 gracefully. It may
45 -be necessary to use --changed-deps or a similar option during system
46 -upgrades whenever they become blocked by Python 2 packages installed
47 -earlier.
48 -
49 -If you wish to remove Python 2.7 entirely sooner, you can try removing
50 -python2_7 from PYTHON_TARGETS. However, this will require adding
51 -explicit package.use entries if some of the installed packages still
52 -require Python 2. An example package.use entry follows:
53 -
54 - # disable py2.7 without altering the other flags
55 - */* PYTHON_TARGETS: -python2_7
56 - # enable py2.7 for setuptools
57 - dev-python/setuptools PYTHON_TARGETS: python2_7
58 - # switch a single-impl package to 2.7
59 - dev-embedded/libftdi PYTHON_TARGETS: python2_7
60 - dev-embedded/libftdi PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET: -* python2_7
61 -
62 -Note that package.use entries are not necessary for packages that
63 -support one implementation only (i.e. do not support Python 3 at all).
64 --
65 2.28.0