On Tue, 2019-05-21 at 18:49 -0700, Khem Raj wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 2:44 PM <richard.pur...@linuxfoundation.org> > wrote: > > On Tue, 2019-05-21 at 22:59 +0200, Andreas Müller wrote: > > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 8:38 PM < > > > richard.pur...@linuxfoundation.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > No sorry mozjs uses old crap in their configurations scripts > > > > > nobody > > > > > else does (python which) and ask for python2 explicitly. > > > > > > > > I've been giving this a bit more thought and its our intent to > > > > try > > > > and > > > > remove python2 from OE-Core entirely so adding py2 modules back > > > > seems > > > > like a backwards step. > > > > > > > > I think this will therefore need to go to one of the other > > > > layers, > > > > painful as that might be from an include perspective. > > > Yeah a new burden out of thin air is born. You know what I do: > > > Create > > > my own layers and am happy as I am with my other layers. > > > > > > Bye > > > > Its not "out of thin air". It was discussed over two years ago when > > we > > started a plan of trying to remove python2 dependencies: > > > > http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=1fc2c9315faf65ea05fecf81450dd40b9a330435 > > > > This was in line with what upstream python recommended. Upstream > > python > > has made a clear statement on this too: > > > > https://python3statement.org/ > > > > For a release that will ship 3 months before that deadline, it > > seems > > unreasonable to add this back to oe-core, no? > > > > the EOL is expected to be Jan 2020, lets see what happens but I think > it would be good for us > to first switch default python to be python3 and then remove python2 > completely IMO, I do not > see any major distro planning to drop py2 at the stroke of it going > EOL as of now, situation might > change in coming months but many of them haven't even switched > defaults.
I don't think we need to switch our default, just be able to build say oe-core without python/python2 in HOSTTOOLS and without needing python 2.7 in OE-Core either. > Its good that project is taking lead here but we might leave many > users behind. I suspect python2 will end up in a layer of its down which I'm fine with, dependencies can then be clearly seen. Cheers, Richard -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core