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Andrew Schwartzmeyer commented on MESOS-8882:
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The reason I want to make clear that the support scripts can be moved to Python
3 separately is that, per MESOS-7658, using Python 2 creates
[multiple|https://github.com/apache/mesos/pull/284#issue-182300541]
[problems|https://github.com/apache/mesos/pull/284#issuecomment-382868176]
where people have had to _change their name_ in order to contribute to Mesos.
> Add Python 3 as a dependency and use it for our Python codebase
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>
> Key: MESOS-8882
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MESOS-8882
> Project: Mesos
> Issue Type: Epic
> Components: cli, python api
> Reporter: Armand Grillet
> Priority: Major
>
> As mentioned by [~andschwa] [2 weeks
> ago|https://mesos.slack.com/archives/C1LPTK50T/p1524165786000521], nothing
> new should use Python 2. [~cinchurge] and [~ArmandGrillet] are currently
> working on the CLI while being shepherded by [~klueska] and, as we plan to do
> more work on it soon, mentioned again today that it would be a good time to
> start using Python 3 in our codebase.
> We use Python 2 in four areas of the Mesos codebase:
> * In the support scripts.
> * In the new CLI.
> * In the new Mesos Python package.
> * In the Python bindings.
> All these areas need to be updated if we switch to Python 3, except maybe the
> Python bindings that should not be used anymore, in favor of our V1 API.
> This new dependency would also require some changes in our documentation
> regarding how to build Python. As it will be a change for Mesos devs, we have
> to express the reasons behind this change and check if this change could
> cause any issue on their side.
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