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Bug 1739024 - trac-watchlist-plugin depends on Python 2 [NEEDINFO]
Summary: trac-watchlist-plugin depends on Python 2
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: trac-watchlist-plugin
Version: 34
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jon Stanley
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On: 1737930
Blocks: F35FTBFS, RAWHIDEFTBFS 1935820 F31_PY2REMOVAL
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-08-08 12:25 UTC by Lumír Balhar
Modified: 2021-07-11 04:22 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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mhroncok: needinfo? (jonstanley)

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Description Lumír Balhar 2019-08-08 12:25:44 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 trac-watchlist-plugin'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 trac-watchlist-plugin.
If you need anything from us, or something is unclear, please mention it here.

Thank you.
Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 16:56:47 UTC 
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 31 development cycle.
Changing version to '31'.
Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 17:27:30 UTC 
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 31 development cycle.
Changing version to 31.
Comment 3 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-16 08:36:29 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 4 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-16 09:36:04 UTC 
Sorry for that. The automation didn't see the discussion in the "trac" package: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1737930
Let's keep the conversation about trac there. I assume everything that applies to trac applies to "trac-*" as well.

I'm marking this bug to not receive any more reminders.
Comment 5 Ben Cotton 2020-11-03 15:31:03 UTC 
This message is a reminder that Fedora 31 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 31 on 2020-11-24.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a
Fedora 'version' of '31'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version.

Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we were not 
able to fix it before Fedora 31 is end of life. If you would still like 
to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version 
of Fedora, you are encouraged  change the 'version' to a later Fedora 
version prior this bug is closed as described in the policy above.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's 
lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a 
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes 
bugs or makes them obsolete.
Comment 6 Ben Cotton 2021-02-09 15:11:31 UTC 
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 34 development cycle.
Changing version to 34.
Comment 7 Miro Hrončok 2021-02-19 23:33:31 UTC 
Since the package now installs a Python 2 plugin for Trac on Python 3, it no longer functions properly.

Please convert it to Python 3 or retire it.
Comment 8 Miro Hrončok 2021-06-30 11:39:40 UTC 
It now also fails to build, see https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/OHCTRFEOADXPV5R364JOBNN5CZHCGMRN/
Comment 9 Fedora Release Engineering 2021-07-11 04:22:04 UTC 
Dear Maintainer,

your package has an open Fails To Build From Source bug for Fedora 35.
Action is required from you.

If you can fix your package to build, perform a build in koji, and either create
an update in bodhi, or close this bug without creating an update, if updating is
not appropriate [1]. If you are working on a fix, set the status to ASSIGNED to
acknowledge this. If you have already fixed this issue, please close this Bugzilla report.

Following the policy for such packages [2], your package will be orphaned if
this bug remains in NEW state more than 8 weeks (not sooner than 2019-10-03).

A week before the mass branching of Fedora 36 according to the schedule [3],
any packages not successfully rebuilt at least on Fedora 34 will be
retired regardless of the status of this bug.

[1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Updates_Policy/
[2] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Fails_to_build_from_source_Fails_to_install/
[3] https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-36/f-36-key-tasks.html
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