> On 12 May 2021, at 3:47 pm, Chris Morley <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I copied this from github (and added to):
>
> I don't think anyone really thinks we can/should keep supporting py2 in the
> future.
> The real questions are how/when will we transition - as the transition will
> be very disruptive.
> Will we do a final py2 release first? QtPlasmac might appreciate this (or is
> 2.8 mostly the same?)
QtPlasmaC is not in 2.8.
> Will we wait until we have every program converted to py3?
> What will we do for programs not converted? remove the code? just remove from
> build?
For PlasmaC, the intention at this stage is to remove it from master when the
py3 changover happens then users that want to stay with the latest master can
migrate to QtPlasmaC. (PlasmaC will stay in 2.8)
> How will we warning/inform users (in production/semi-production) of master
> that we will break everything.
> Keeping in mind if a user is using master in older distributions, it may
> require the user to upgrade to a new distribution to have python3 support.
> We should start warning people soon - what is the best way?
I jumped the gun and made a start here
<https://forum.linuxcnc.org/plasmac/42524-important-notice-for-plasmac-users#208609>
> We should pick a target time - probably after Rene is happy to merge his GTK3
> work.
> We need to discuss the plan, the decision has already been made for us by the
> python/distribution developers.
>
> Chris
>
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