Thomas, All,

On 2021-10-10 15:55 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Sat,  9 Oct 2021 13:55:03 -0700
> Adam Duskett <aduskett@gmail.com> wrote:
> > In the following patch series python3 (eventually) gets bumped to version 3.10
> >
> > - The first parts involve updating packages that are not compatible with 3.10.
> >   Either by updating versions or adding patches.
> >
> > - Then I fix a typo in python-pathvalidate
> > - Then I complain about python-setuptools and split add support for both
> >   setuptools 48 (compatible with python2) and 58 (compatible with python3.10)
> > - Finally I update python3 to 3.10
> >
> > This patch series has been tested against every python2 and python3 unit-test
> > available in buildroot, including against https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/patch/20211006203823.2740442-1-yann.morin.1998@free.fr/
> >
> > In addition, I also selected *EVERY* python module to ensure all of them at
> > least build against python3.10, and everything passes.
>
> Thanks a lot for this effort!

You’re very welcome!

> Should we have a configuration, or a test
> case that builds all Python modules, to facilitate this kind of testing
> in the future ?

It would save my thumb some pain from having to select all the modules! :D
>
> Also, should we drop Python 2.x entirely before merging this, to avoid
> the complexity on the setuptools package? Or do we consider the
> complexity to be reasonable, and therefore we handle the Python 2.x
> removal later?
I am fine with dropping Python 2 support all together. The only major package left that requires Python 2 for building is nodejs and that has a pending patch anyways. 

> I've done a (quick) inventory of all the things we have > that still
require python2; no package requires python2, but for some optional
parts:

    avahi           -> auto support
    cracklib        -> auto support
    jailhouse       -> opt scripts
    libdnet         -> opt module
    libpwquality    -> auto support
    nfs-utils       -> auto script
    nmap            -> opt script
    owfs            -> auto support
    pcm-tools       -> opt script

    'opt': explicit with Config.in option
    'auto': implicit with .mk conditions
    'module': builds one+ python module
    'script': installs one+ python script
    'support': generic python support (ie. bindings?)

I am totally fine with dropping python2, if we accept the loss of the
features above, an d I think the loss is acceptable.

Note: I haven't had a look at the python-packages. For those that are
python2-only, and that have a python3-compatible version, we bump to
that version, otherwise we drop the package.

Regards,
>  Yann E. MORIN.

Agreed, there isn’t a lot left. I was working on the larger packages first (node, Polkit) before I sent a patch removing python2 altogether. 

Adam

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