Many packages unnecessarily link to libpython

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Hello everyone,

As of Python 3.8, python C extensions modules should not link to libpython, unless they embed the interpreter in their code. Relevant upstream PR: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/12946
If your package links to libpython without requiring it, it won't be possible to use the python3-debug binary with your python C extension, unless you recompile the extension against it.

On Fedora Rawhide, there are at this point 144 packages linking to libpython, many of those possibly without any need for it.

If your package links to libpython but it does not embed the interpreter, I would like to ask you to unlink it. Usually the fix needs to be done at the package's build system.

If you are not sure if your package links to libpython, a way to figure this out  is to inspect the code for the Py_Initialize and the Py_Finalize calls [0]. If the code includes those calls, no action is required from your side. If it does not, linking to libpython is not required.

I might mass file bugzillas at a later date, but I wanted to provide you the heads up before that.

[0] https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/init.html#initializing-and-finalizing-the-interpreter

List of possibly affected packages, provided through $ repoquery --repo=rawhide --source --whatrequires 'libpython3.8.so.1.0()(64bit)'

Maintainers by package:

COPASI               sagitter
HepMC3               ellert
Io-language          limb
OpenImageIO          hobbes1069
PyQt4                rdieter than
YafaRay              luya roma slaanesh
apbs                 rathann sagitter
babeltrace2          mjeanson
blender              design-sw hobbes1069 ignatenkobrain kwizart luya roma s4504kr slaanesh
boost                denisarnaud jwakely
calamares            kkofler mattia
calibre              chkr heliocastro kevin nushio zbyszek
cantor               jreznik rdieter than
ceph                 adeza branto dmick ke4qqq kkeithle ktdreyer steve stingray
clingo               thofmann
collectd             fab kevin mhlavink ruben xaeth
condor               bbockelm bcotton eerlands matt matyas stevetraylen tstclair ttheisen valtri
createrepo_c         dmach jrohel mblaha pkratoch tmlcoch
csound               pbrobinson sdz
cvc4                 brouhaha jjames
dionaea              rebus
dmlite               adev andreamanzi gbitzes okeeble rocha
fontforge            frixxon kevin pnemade
freecad              hobbes1069 jkastner zultron
gdb                  jankratochvil keiths kevinb sergiodj
gdcm                 ankursinha ignatenkobrain mrceresa sebp
gdl                  orion
getdp                ignatenkobrain smani
glade                kalev
globus-net-manager   ellert
glom                 hguemar
gnucash              notting
gnuradio             jskarvad mmahut
gpaw                 marcindulak
gplugin              ignatenkobrain
gr-air-modes         jskarvad
gr-fcdproplus        jskarvad
gr-hpsdr             jskarvad
gr-iqbal             jskarvad
gr-osmosdr           cottsay jskarvad
gr-rds               jskarvad sharkcz
hamlib               hobbes1069 jskarvad lucilanga
hexchat              ohaessler tingping
hokuyoaist           rmattes
hugin                bpostle cicku denisarnaud
insight              lkundrak monnerat
kdevelop-python      dvratil jgrulich minh
kernel-tools         jcline jforbes jwboyer labbott pbrobinson
kicad                avigne coremodule lkundrak stevenfalco tnorth
kig                  jreznik kkofler rdieter
kitty                atim
krita                heliocastro rdieter
lammps               ellio167 junghans
ldns                 pemensik pwouters thozza
libCombine           sagitter
libarcus             churchyard gferon
libarcus-lulzbot     spot
libbatch             smani
libcec               pbrobinson
libcomps             akozumpl dmach jluza jmracek mblaha pkratoch
libdnf               dmach jmracek jrohel mblaha pkratoch
libftdi              hobbes1069 lucilanga
libkml               smani
libkolabxml          tpokorra
libldb               abbra asn gd iboukris jhrozek lslebodn sgallagh simo
libnuml              sagitter
libpeas              amigadave hadess nacho
libplist             hadess pbrobinson
libreoffice          caolanm dtardon erack sbergmann
librepo              dmach pkratoch tmlcoch
libsavitar           churchyard gferon
libsbml              sagitter zbyszek
libsedml             sagitter
libsigrokdecode      mrnuke
libtalloc            asn gd iboukris jhrozek lslebodn sgallagh simo
libyang              tkorbar
libyui-bindings      makowski ngompa tpokorra
link-grammar         devos fabiand limb
lldb                 airlied daveisfera jankratochvil sergesanspaille siddharths tstellar
mapserver            devrim jujens oliver pali
mathgl               deji krege mycae
med                  smani
mod_wsgi             jdornak jkaluza jorton lmacken mrunge
mraa                 pbrobinson
nautilus-python      dignan genodeftest kalev
nbdkit               rjones
nemo-extensions      jcpunk leigh123linux
nest                 ankursinha
netgen-mesher        hobbes1069 smani
neuron               ankursinha
nextpnr              lkundrak somlo
nordugrid-arc        ellert jonkni
nwchem               marcindulak
openbabel            itamarjp jussilehtola rathann
openscap             isimluk jcerny matyc mpreisle pvrabec wsato
opentrep             denisarnaud
openvdb              luya slaanesh
orocos-kdl           thofmann
pam_wrapper          asn jhrozek
paraview             deji orion sagitter
perl-Inline-Python   jonkni
pidgin               jskarvad mcrha nosnilmot
pitivi               company elad ignatenkobrain limb wtaymans
plplot               orion
postgresql           hhorak jstanek panovotn pkajaba pkubat praiskup tgl
pynac                pcpa tomspur
pyotherside          m4rtink
pythia8              ellert
python-caja          monnerat raveit65
python-graph-tool    ankursinha
python-gstreamer1    farnz wtaymans
python-jep           raphgro
python-qt5           rdieter than
qgis                 bruno volter
qpid-dispatch        irina tross
qpid-proton          irina
rdkit                giallu
rdma-core            dledford honli jwilson
renderdoc            gicmo
rmol                 denisarnaud
root                 ellert
samba                abbra anoopcs asn gd iboukris jarrpa jlayton jstephen obnox simo
scidavis             alexpl
scribus              pwalter sharkcz tripledes
sigil                sharkcz
sourcextractor++     aalvarez
swift-lang           tachoknight
syslog-ng            czanik jpo mrunge
texworks             cheeselee
thunarx-python       balajig8 kevin nonamedotc
trademgen            denisarnaud
trellis              lkundrak somlo
unbound              aegorenk akhaitov pavlix pemensik pwouters thozza
upm                  pbrobinson
uwsgi                kad
vapoursynth          slaanesh
vdr-epg-daemon       martinkg
vigra                bpostle
vim                  karsten zdohnal
vrpn                 bizdelnick
vtk                  jgu mrceresa orion
weechat              asrob gchamoul hguemar niveusluna stingray
znc                  elyscape nb

Packages by maintainer:
aalvarez   sourcextractor++
abbra      libldb samba
adev       dmlite
adeza      ceph
aegorenk   unbound
airlied    lldb
akhaitov   unbound
akozumpl   libcomps
alexpl     scidavis
amigadave  libpeas
andreamanzi dmlite
ankursinha gdcm nest neuron python-graph-tool
anoopcs    samba
asn        libldb libtalloc pam_wrapper samba
asrob      weechat
atim       kitty
avigne     kicad
balajig8   thunarx-python
bbockelm   condor
bcotton    condor
bizdelnick vrpn
bpostle    hugin vigra
branto     ceph
brouhaha   cvc4
bruno      qgis
caolanm    libreoffice
cheeselee  texworks
chkr       calibre
churchyard libarcus libsavitar
cicku      hugin
company    pitivi
coremodule kicad
cottsay    gr-osmosdr
czanik     syslog-ng
daveisfera lldb
deji       mathgl paraview
denisarnaud boost hugin opentrep rmol trademgen
design-sw  blender
devos      link-grammar
devrim     mapserver
dignan     nautilus-python
dledford   rdma-core
dmach      createrepo_c libcomps libdnf librepo
dmick      ceph
dtardon    libreoffice
dvratil    kdevelop-python
eerlands   condor
elad       pitivi
ellert     HepMC3 globus-net-manager nordugrid-arc pythia8 root
ellio167   lammps
elyscape   znc
erack      libreoffice
fab        collectd
fabiand    link-grammar
farnz      python-gstreamer1
frixxon    fontforge
gbitzes    dmlite
gchamoul   weechat
gd         libldb libtalloc samba
genodeftest nautilus-python
gferon     libarcus libsavitar
giallu     rdkit
gicmo      renderdoc
hadess     libpeas libplist
heliocastro calibre krita
hguemar    glom weechat
hhorak     postgresql
hobbes1069 OpenImageIO blender freecad hamlib libftdi netgen-mesher
honli      rdma-core
iboukris   libldb libtalloc samba
ignatenkobrain blender gdcm getdp gplugin pitivi
irina      qpid-dispatch qpid-proton
isimluk    openscap
itamarjp   openbabel
jankratochvil gdb lldb
jarrpa     samba
jcerny     openscap
jcline     kernel-tools
jcpunk     nemo-extensions
jdornak    mod_wsgi
jforbes    kernel-tools
jgrulich   kdevelop-python
jgu        vtk
jhrozek    libldb libtalloc pam_wrapper
jjames     cvc4
jkaluza    mod_wsgi
jkastner   freecad
jlayton    samba
jluza      libcomps
jmracek    libcomps libdnf
jonkni     nordugrid-arc perl-Inline-Python
jorton     mod_wsgi
jpo        syslog-ng
jreznik    cantor kig
jrohel     createrepo_c libdnf
jskarvad   gnuradio gr-air-modes gr-fcdproplus gr-hpsdr gr-iqbal gr-osmosdr gr-rds hamlib pidgin
jstanek    postgresql
jstephen   samba
jujens     mapserver
junghans   lammps
jussilehtola openbabel
jwakely    boost
jwboyer    kernel-tools
jwilson    rdma-core
kad        uwsgi
kalev      glade nautilus-python
karsten    vim
ke4qqq     ceph
keiths     gdb
kevin      calibre collectd fontforge thunarx-python
kevinb     gdb
kkeithle   ceph
kkofler    calamares kig
krege      mathgl
ktdreyer   ceph
kwizart    blender
labbott    kernel-tools
leigh123linux nemo-extensions
limb       Io-language link-grammar pitivi
lkundrak   insight kicad nextpnr trellis
lmacken    mod_wsgi
lslebodn   libldb libtalloc
lucilanga  hamlib libftdi
luya       YafaRay blender openvdb
m4rtink    pyotherside
makowski   libyui-bindings
marcindulak gpaw nwchem
martinkg   vdr-epg-daemon
matt       condor
mattia     calamares
matyas     condor
matyc      openscap
mblaha     createrepo_c libcomps libdnf
mcrha      pidgin
mhlavink   collectd
minh       kdevelop-python
mjeanson   babeltrace2
mmahut     gnuradio
monnerat   insight python-caja
mpreisle   openscap
mrceresa   gdcm vtk
mrnuke     libsigrokdecode
mrunge     mod_wsgi syslog-ng
mycae      mathgl
nacho      libpeas
nb         znc
ngompa     libyui-bindings
niveusluna weechat
nonamedotc thunarx-python
nosnilmot  pidgin
notting    gnucash
nushio     calibre
obnox      samba
ohaessler  hexchat
okeeble    dmlite
oliver     mapserver
orion      gdl paraview plplot vtk
pali       mapserver
panovotn   postgresql
pavlix     unbound
pbrobinson csound kernel-tools libcec libplist mraa upm
pcpa       pynac
pemensik   ldns unbound
pkajaba    postgresql
pkratoch   createrepo_c libcomps libdnf librepo
pkubat     postgresql
pnemade    fontforge
praiskup   postgresql
pvrabec    openscap
pwalter    scribus
pwouters   ldns unbound
raphgro    python-jep
rathann    apbs openbabel
raveit65   python-caja
rdieter    PyQt4 cantor kig krita python-qt5
rebus      dionaea
rjones     nbdkit
rmattes    hokuyoaist
rocha      dmlite
roma       YafaRay blender
ruben      collectd
s4504kr    blender
sagitter   COPASI apbs libCombine libnuml libsbml libsedml paraview
sbergmann  libreoffice
sdz        csound
sebp       gdcm
sergesanspaille lldb
sergiodj   gdb
sgallagh   libldb libtalloc
sharkcz    gr-rds scribus sigil
siddharths lldb
simo       libldb libtalloc samba
slaanesh   YafaRay blender openvdb vapoursynth
smani      getdp libbatch libkml med netgen-mesher
somlo      nextpnr trellis
spot       libarcus-lulzbot
steve      ceph
stevenfalco kicad
stevetraylen condor
stingray   ceph weechat
tachoknight swift-lang
tgl        postgresql
than       PyQt4 cantor python-qt5
thofmann   clingo orocos-kdl
thozza     ldns unbound
tingping   hexchat
tkorbar    libyang
tmlcoch    createrepo_c librepo
tnorth     kicad
tomspur    pynac
tpokorra   libkolabxml libyui-bindings
tripledes  scribus
tross      qpid-dispatch
tstclair   condor
tstellar   lldb
ttheisen   condor
valtri     condor
volter     qgis
wsato      openscap
wtaymans   pitivi python-gstreamer1
xaeth      collectd
zbyszek    calibre libsbml
zdohnal    vim
zultron    freecad

-- 
Regards,

Charalampos Stratakis
Software Engineer
Python Maintenance Team, Red Hat
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