From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_NEOMUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C404AC282CE for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 05:30:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A87124D66 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 05:30:40 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 9A87124D66 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45966 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hY21v-0000zg-Fb for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 01:30:39 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:42432) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hY20Z-0000Lx-2A for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 01:29:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hY1y9-0004o2-4V for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 01:26:46 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:13335) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hY1y8-0004mj-To for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 01:26:45 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E452019CF7A; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 05:26:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sirius.home.kraxel.org (ovpn-117-131.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.117.131]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 313AA10013D9; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 05:26:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by sirius.home.kraxel.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6925817523; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 07:26:32 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 07:26:32 +0200 From: Gerd Hoffmann To: John Snow Message-ID: <20190604052632.2rb24ohovz45yq3s@sirius.home.kraxel.org> References: <20190531192429.GH22103@habkost.net> <93e5101f-67f1-a416-5e80-f16371a35e6a@redhat.com> <871s0asvli.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> <236db86d-52df-5537-4f33-f3c09bbb6289@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <236db86d-52df-5537-4f33-f3c09bbb6289@redhat.com> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.29]); Tue, 04 Jun 2019 05:26:37 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Deprecation policy and build dependencies X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Peter Maydell , "Daniel P. Berrange" , Eduardo Habkost , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Markus Armbruster , Cleber Rosa , Philippe =?utf-8?Q?Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Hi, > >> Normally I'd say it's only nice to also follow the depreciation policy > >> for tooling as well to give people a chance to switch away, but with > >> regards to Python2, I feel like we're in the clear to drop it for the > >> first release that will happen after the Python2 doomsday clock. > >> > >> (So, probably 4.2.) Makes sense to me. > > RHEL-7 has Python 3 only in EPEL. That'll change with 7.7 btw. Beside that I'd say EPEL is good enough. > What's the benefit of making sure that stable platforms can continue to > run the *newest* QEMU? Well, my development workstation runs RHEL-7 ... cheers, Gerd