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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-factory] Plan for python2-only packages
From:       Bruno Friedmann <bruno () ioda-net ! ch>
Date:       2018-05-21 18:51:31
Message-ID: 4429171.eszgRDRpIy () qt-kt
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On lundi, 21 mai 2018 18.32:42 h CEST Larry Finger wrote:
> On 05/21/2018 10:03 AM, Simon Lees wrote:
> > On 22/05/18 00:01, Todd Rme wrote:
> >> There are still a large number of packages in openSUSE:Factory that
> >> are python2-only.  Some have not been touched upstream in years.  We
> >> probably should start thinking about what to do with them.
> >> 
> >> I think we should break python2-only packages into four categories:
> >> 
> >> * Those that have python3 support that just hasn't been integrated
> >> should be updated.
> >> 
> >> * Those that upstream has indicated has python3 support in the
> >> near-term roadmap should be kept as-is for now (or updated to the
> >> latest version).
> >> 
> >> * Those that are python2-only and have not seen upstream activity
> >> since 2016 should be dropped from openSUSE:Factory and dropped from
> >> devel:languages:python after a two-week warning period.
> >> 
> >> * All others, including backports packages, should be moved to a new
> >> subproject, devel:languages:python:legacy since they won't need many
> >> updates or rebuilds.  This project should be built but not published.
> >> 
> >> What does everyone think of this plan?
> > 
> > Sounds good to me.
> 
> This thread was enough for me to start converting VirtualBox to use Python
> 3.6 instead of 2.7.
> 
> Larry

Bravo Larry !!!


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