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Bug 1449122

Summary:	mintlocale: mintlocale requires both Python 2 and Python 3
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Iryna Shcherbina <ishcherb>
Component:	mintlocale	Assignee:	leigh scott <leigh123linux>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	rawhide	CC:	leigh123linux
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Fixed In Version:	mintlocale-1.4.2-1.fc26	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2017-05-14 20:18:56 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Blocks:	1285816, 1340802

Description Iryna Shcherbina 2017-05-09 09:22:37 UTC

The mintlocale RPM requires both Python 2 and Python 3.

Except in very special circumstances, there is no need for one package
to drag in both Python stacks. Usually, this is a packaging error: for
example, a stray "/usr/bin/python" shebang in a Python 3 package can
introduce a Python 2 dependency.

Please split your package, or remove the stray dependencies.
There is a section on shebangs in the Python RPM Porting Guide [0]
which covers this issue.

It's ok to do this in Rawhide only, however, it would be greatly
appreciated if you could push it to Fedora 25 as well.


If anything is unclear, or if you need any kind of assistance, you can
ask on IRC (#fedora-python on Freenode), or reply here. We'll be happy
to help investigating or fixing this issue!


[0] http://python-rpm-porting.readthedocs.io/en/latest/application-modules.html#are-shebangs-dragging-you-down-to-python-2

Comment 1 leigh scott 2017-05-09 22:12:43 UTC

(In reply to Iryna Shcherbina from comment #0)
> The mintlocale RPM requires both Python 2 and Python 3.
> 
> Except in very special circumstances, there is no need for one package
> to drag in both Python stacks. Usually, this is a packaging error: for
> example, a stray "/usr/bin/python" shebang in a Python 3 package can
> introduce a Python 2 dependency.
>

The deps are correct, some code is python2 (mintlocale.py) and there is python3 code (set-default-locale).
Removing either shebang resulted in a broken package.
 
> Please split your package, or remove the stray dependencies.
> There is a section on shebangs in the Python RPM Porting Guide [0]
> which covers this issue.
> 

So I split the package.

> It's ok to do this in Rawhide only, however, it would be greatly
> appreciated if you could push it to Fedora 25 as well.
>

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2017-05-09 22:18:19 UTC

mintlocale-1.4.2-1.fc26 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 26. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-c49aa64fad

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2017-05-13 01:09:09 UTC

mintlocale-1.4.2-1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-c49aa64fad

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2017-05-14 20:18:56 UTC

mintlocale-1.4.2-1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.