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=-2.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no 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 B47D5C49EA6 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:05:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98153613FB for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:05:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232123AbhFXKHV (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2021 06:07:21 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40148 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231881AbhFXKHU (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2021 06:07:20 -0400 Received: from mail-pl1-x635.google.com (mail-pl1-x635.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::635]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C943C061574; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 03:04:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pl1-x635.google.com with SMTP id y13so2688118plc.8; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 03:04:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=u7fPDE7LS6LL4lJCgFRVnUdJTM9D+3lnAYDmthQFD0o=; b=WX6vLCad8z3+5opUAFaXnP6l1Df7woOtV0OS8fh/DXdYYvFkAQj6aD75E5TXZFuiQc V7Sd25aIg+Ahe2xmXX9+7AWqIRpQnwPqftP2WUcHiaCqGq3I1/qM78UO4vaOZgX4i7v7 Go83omeoaJPqYZ2Ygt1vlf3OMoNEH0ssoDj4JbT4Y4PMMUslJfPMVmcvpzdhJSCxQ++d +WFnC08cvIBPdl+PHUvlbPSyQbnTK+MJBPkRtvaHJKJXW6a/avqX9Q2qMuG0yAOD0Nlw usazRK1PMI3yA6GStVE9RTsmw9jqA/CUoVQbVatoVNBkZQygnHGOxXDNJdfvSUGAtzug ZlJw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=u7fPDE7LS6LL4lJCgFRVnUdJTM9D+3lnAYDmthQFD0o=; b=d/+2HKxZsEcWe9EpBOFLyCsVH6aKsLFAdcgtbd3t2/dAb68Kf5FB+PZ7dphrKH3Lxm kIzacxb49DgRbtq/2+3QuGtleakZwQ7v/Sa3Tyu11Fms+2w39kMcDOacw0Slzut8CCyy DJDIcnti0JN7MoiEShuLFPd8FLuXyabw3hs1c8Rx4kWN4XelQ0bEalvyz1ueTfp84i+r 0yTx/1fZAwHKFXLIWF4Ktag6BTgR3ujUleTCbMTnzRd2c5/9GHgIR4ePpqxAjimgeR/x SlLsmHjDM4haPxP3RGQas6wB/uZkNK7EI0175AXgV4rRtvArrXJg1OR/W90vN7C8zbdH tiuw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5327Fe468wEPwdWErtyAj82pdqK7+vOYigk8gWQhjGPlL31a0mL3 bonY3O4wstCNqZIEal6ysIssaxxod+xJvRo+UTw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxDN/nCwpF1k5jpxywlWf3ktR2tQ8glFj6UCpUsjRGUrF7+L+T6ZOewfYc66uNinW5gLm+qnPHjz81UPa9oAwc= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:fe0a:b029:11d:81c9:3adf with SMTP id g10-20020a170902fe0ab029011d81c93adfmr3669404plj.0.1624529095960; Thu, 24 Jun 2021 03:04:55 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210520092131.308959589@linuxfoundation.org> <20210520092145.369052506@linuxfoundation.org> <20210520203625.GA6187@amd> <20210623202529.GG8540@amd> In-Reply-To: <20210623202529.GG8540@amd> From: Andy Shevchenko Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:04:18 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 425/425] scripts: switch explicitly to Python 3 To: Pavel Machek Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Stable , Andy Shevchenko , Masahiro Yamada Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 11:28 PM Pavel Machek wrote: > On Fri 2021-05-21 06:37:00, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 06:36:18AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 10:36:26PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: ... > > > > Old distributions may not have python3 installed, and we should not > > > > change this dependency in the middle of the series. > > > > > > What distro that was released in 2017 (the year 4.14.0 was released) did > > > not have python3 on it? > > > > oops, I meant 2018, when 4.19.0 was out, wrong tree... > > In anything yocto-based, for example, you explicitely select which > packages you want. And changing dependencies in middle of stable > release is surprising and against our documentation. How is this all relevant? Scripts where the interpreter changed are not supposed to be used outside of the (kernel) development process. No user should really rely on those scripts to produce anything at any point of time or even be there. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko