Quoting Jani Nikula (2024-05-08 01:43:56)
> On Tue, 07 May 2024, Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Since commit 5acf49119630 ("drm/msm: import gen_header.py script from Mesa"),
> > compilation is broken on machines having python versions older than 3.9
> > due to dependency on argparse.BooleanOptionalAction.
>
> Is it now okay to require Python for the build? Not listed in
> Documentation/process/changes.rst.
>
I doubt it is ok. Perl scripts have been replaced with shell scripts in
the past to speed up the build process. See commit e0e2fa4b515c
("headers_install.pl: convert to headers_install.sh") as an example.
