> On 12 May 2021, at 4:28 pm, Chris Morley <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> On 2021-05-11 11:01 p.m., Phill Carter wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>
> Would releasing a python2 version of QtPlamaC be desirable in your opinion?
It does work on python2, I don't think it needs to be in 2.8
> Do very many people use QtPlasmac in production situations right now?
TBH I have no idea, there are several I know of that have installed it but what
they do with it I don't know.
> Have you tested QtPlasmac in python3?
Yes, I fixed the last issue that I know of today.
>>> 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)
>
> That seems reasonable as there is an upgrade path.
>
>>> 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>
> I saw that! We need to target a time to make it more useful, but that lets
> people most affected to discuss it more broadly
>
>
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