Just talked to gholms, and the python3 dep is a bug and he's removed it in this build[1]. I'd still be in favor of a longer term plan to drop the boto dep, but we should probably do more evaluation on what functionality we'd lose. This could be a candidate for an optional dependency down the road. [1]: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=591757 On 11/10/2014 11:34 AM, Steven Hardy wrote: > On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 01:39:47PM -0500, Matthew Miller wrote: >> hey all. heat-cfntools requires python-boto, which requires python3, >> which shouldn't happen before we're ready to transition to python3 >> overall. > > When you say "requires" python3, you're saying that boto now works only > with python3? I've probably missed some context if so, can you provide any > links to clarify why that's happened? > > On the face of it either upstream or the package maintainer forcing python3 > vs providing Py3k compatibility seems like a pretty impressively > user-hostile change :( > >> This has a _significant_ impact on image size now that the python-boto >> dep is gone from cloud init. Having _one_ python requirement is bad >> enough but it's egregious to pull in both 2 and 3. >> >> Options: >> >> 1. does heat-cfntools hard-require python-boto? > > Right now, yes, but if we have to it can be reworked to break that > requirement. > >> 2. can we use a python-boto that isn't python3 before we're ready? >> (there was supposed to be a coherent plan for this!) > > Yes, this sounds like the best short-term fix while we work on (1). > >> 3. should we drop heat-cfntools for f21? > > We'd really prefer it if you didn't, please :) > > We (the heat community) are happy to help drive resolution of this, it's > just something of an unexpected issue tbh :( > > Historically boto has broken us more regularly than any other dependency > though, so it may not be a bad thing to break that dependency anyway. I'm > not sure if we can do it in the next 7 days, so planning for (2) sounds > like the best plan right now, if possible. > >> Agents are a pain. :( > > I appreciate the frustration, but it feels a bit like heat-cfntools is the > messenger here, with boto being the real problem? > > Let us know how you'd like to proceed and we'll try to get it sorted for > the change deadline. > > Thanks, > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > cloud mailing list > cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > -- Ryan Brown / Software Engineer, Openstack / Red Hat, Inc. _______________________________________________ cloud mailing list cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
