Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] profiles/package.deprecated: deprecate python:2.7

[Sergei Trofimovich]

On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 07:29:45 +0000
Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:

> Dnia June 26, 2020 6:42:57 AM UTC, Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@g.o> napisał(a):
> >On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 16:29:53 +0100
> >Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@g.o> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 16:05:38 +0200
> >> Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Sat, 2020-06-20 at 14:57 +0100, Sergei Trofimovich wrote:
> >> > > Give maintainers the chance to act and flag packages that pull in
> >python:2.7.
> >> > >
> >> > > Signed-off-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@g.o>
> >> > > ---
> >> > >  profiles/package.deprecated | 4 ++++
> >> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >> > >
> >> > > diff --git a/profiles/package.deprecated
> >b/profiles/package.deprecated
> >> > > index a756e845f47..bb661571962 100644
> >> > > --- a/profiles/package.deprecated
> >> > > +++ b/profiles/package.deprecated
> >> > > @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
> >> > >
> >> > >  #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
> >> > >
> >> > > +# Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@g.o> (2020-06-20)
> >> > > +# Deprecated. Consider poring to python 3 and drop support for
> >python2.
> >> > > +dev-lang/python:2.7
> >> > > +
> >> > >  # Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@g.o> (2020-02-22)
> >> > >  # virtual/libstdc++ has only one sys-libs/libstdc++-v3 provider.
> >> > >  # Use that instead. Or even better use none of them. It's a
> >> >
> >>
> >> > It will trigger the same for packages that support *only*
> >> > Python 2.7, as well as these that support 2.7 in addition to 3
> >because
> >> > they have 2.7 deps.
> >>
> >> If we expect actions by developers on both cases I don't see a
> >problem with that.
> >
> >Pushed as:
> >https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=79d65d6641cfc0ef7b44df491c390e8c880e3049
> >with full text being:
> >
> >+# Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@g.o> (2020-06-26)
> >+# Deprecated.
> >+# - optional python:2.7 dependency should be dropped if no reverse
> >+#   dependencies are using it.
> >+# - mandatory python:2.7 depepndency will require package porting
> >+#   or package removal if no reverse dependencies are using it.
> >+dev-lang/python:2.7
>
> You've just introduced 829 CI warnings

That's the intention.

> effectively disabling the ability to distinguish *new* problems in these packages.

Correct. Citing above:

"If we expect actions by developers on both cases I don't see a  problem with that."

I assume we still do.

-- 

  Sergei