On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 7:47 PM Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Sérgio Basto wrote: > > Why we would retire childsplay or gcompris or gdesklets ? IMHO we still > > haven't a replacement . > > > > From [1] I strongly disagree with the text, why all python 2 packages > > will be removed automatically and why I would have a lot of work if I > > want keep one package alive . why not the opposite ? . > > Python 3 it isn't even the default why such hurry to drop python 2 at > > all , when we still have epel 7 with python 2 ... > > > > My opinion at least postpone this decision one or two releases to > > Fedors 33/34 , many things still just work with python 2 . > > I second that wholeheartedly. > > This change is just not implementable as it stands. Way too much upstream > software still depends on Python 2. (In fact, I am not even convinced that > it can be implemented as stated, ever, without dropping huge parts of Fedora > and making it useless for a wide number of users. But what is sure is that > it definitely cannot implemented without huge fallout in time for Fedora > 32.) Maintaining python 2 requires maintaining a *lot* of infrastructure. > I also completely fail to see what value the rename from python2 to python27 > (yet another one, after the already pointless rename from python to python2) > will bring to our users. But the worst part is the required FESCo exception > approval for every single remaining Python 2 package, along with loads of > bureaucracy that many packages will be unable to comply with (starting from > the plan to move to Python 3, which depends on upstream, if there is even a > live upstream to begin with). To support multiple pythons, python26, python28 if it ever happens, python36 python38 when it comes out. Simply replacing the "python2" line iwth "python27" is not a difficent edit in most source code. > > This is absolutely not a reasonable and social way to deal with > compatibility packages in Fedora. > > Kevin Kofler > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
