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Bug 1737954 - exciting depends on Python 2
Summary: exciting depends on Python 2
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: exciting
Version: 31
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: marcindulak
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On:
Blocks: F31_PY2REMOVAL
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-08-06 12:06 UTC by Lumír Balhar
Modified: 2019-08-17 08:39 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-08-17 08:39:54 UTC
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Description Lumír Balhar 2019-08-06 12:06:19 UTC 
Python 2.7 will reach end-of-life in January 2020, over 9 years after it was released. This falls within the Fedora 31 lifetime.
Packages that depend on Python 2 are being switched to Python 3 or removed from Fedora: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/F31_Mass_Python_2_Package_Removal#Information_on_Remaining_Packages
Python 2 will be retired in Fedora 32: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RetirePython2

To help planning, we'd like to know the plans for exciting's future. Specifically:


- What is the reason for the Python2 dependency? (Is it software written in Python, or does it just provide Python bindings, or use Python in the build system or test runner?) 

- What are the upstream/community plans/timelines regarding Python 3?

- What is the guidance for porting to Python 3? (Assuming that there is someone who generally knows how to port to Python 3, but doesn't know anything about the particular package, what are the next steps to take?)


This bug is filed semi-automatically, and might not have all the context specific to exciting.
If you need anything from us, or something is unclear, please mention it here.

Thank you.
Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 17:49:43 UTC 
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 31 development cycle.
Changing version to 31.
Comment 2 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-14 07:22:24 UTC 
Please answer the above questions. If you don't, the package can be orphaned: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/F31_Mass_Python_2_Package_Removal#Information_on_Remaining_Packages

If you need any information or help, or if you need some more time, please let us know.
Comment 3 marcindulak 2019-08-15 17:01:34 UTC 
Submitting an update https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=37053180 for fedora 31 fails

fedpkg update
Password: 
Could not execute update: Could not generate update request: Cannot find release associated with build: exciting-12-17.fc31, tags: ['f31']
A copy of the filled in template is saved as bodhi.template.last

Anything needs to be done from my side for fedora 31?
Comment 4 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-16 04:32:04 UTC 
Bodhi has not been activated yet for Fedora 31 so just a build is the only thing you need to do there.

Thank you!
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