On 5/22/2019 7:01 AM, Tim Orling wrote:


On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 4:27 AM Alexander Kanavin <alex.kana...@gmail.com <mailto:alex.kana...@gmail.com>> wrote:

    On Wed, 22 May 2019 at 13:05, <richard.pur...@linuxfoundation.org
    <mailto:richard.pur...@linuxfoundation.org>> wrote:

    > 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.

    For what it's worth, Fedora is getting serious about Python 2 removal,
    and they have a plan for it:
    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RetirePython2

    "All packages in Fedora that need Python 2 to run will be removed from
    Fedora 32 regardless of their dependencies. All packages in Fedora
    that need Python 2 to build will be removed from Fedora 32 regardless
    of their dependencies. "



We have discussed moving meta-python to its own repository (not under meta-openembedded). As part of that move, I am proposing the existing python2 recipes move to a separate (deprecated) layer, as RP mentioned earlier. Then meta-python will become python3 only. We will also move recipetool/devtool to provide python3 (only) support. People that need python2 will very soon have to live with older stable branches. This should not be a surprise.

We also need to do whatever we can with upstream projects that are not feeling an urgency to move to python3. They should likewise not be surprised at the need to switch.


I would agree with this as well.


Cheers,

Alejandro




    Alex
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