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Bug 1807513 - kdissert requires Python 2 to build
Summary: kdissert requires Python 2 to build
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kdissert
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Rex Dieter
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: BRPY27
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-02-26 14:27 UTC by Petr Viktorin (pviktori)
Modified: 2023-09-15 00:29 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2021-11-30 17:42:09 UTC
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Description Petr Viktorin (pviktori) 2020-02-26 14:27:35 UTC 
Python 2 reached upstream end-of-life in January 2020. In Fedora Rawhide, it's now provided from the compat package `python27`.
Packages that only use Python 2 at build time, like kdissert, had a general exception to keep using it in Fedora 31. Now, the dependency should be removed. It looks like need for python2 comes from a bundled version of "waf"; can that be updated?
Let us know if you need any help investigating or removing the dependency

If it's possible that the dependency won't be removed in Fedora 33. Please request a FESCo exception. You can refer to the exception for mercurial as an example: https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/2243
It's good to mention:

- What is the reason for the Python 2 build dependency?

- What are the upstream/community plans/timelines regarding Python 2?

- What is the guidance for porting the build 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?)

If you need anything from us, or something is unclear, please mention it here.
Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2020-08-11 13:09:59 UTC 
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 33 development cycle.
Changing version to 33.
Comment 2 Petr Viktorin (pviktori) 2021-01-14 17:42:10 UTC 
Rex, do you have answers to these questions?
Comment 3 Ben Cotton 2021-11-04 16:19:06 UTC 
This message is a reminder that Fedora 33 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 33 on 2021-11-30.
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 '33'.

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 33 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 4 Ben Cotton 2021-11-30 17:42:09 UTC 
Fedora 33 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2021-11-30. Fedora 33 is
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. If you
are unable to reopen this bug, please file a new report against the
current release. If you experience problems, please add a comment to this
bug.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.
Comment 5 Petr Viktorin (pviktori) 2021-12-02 09:04:30 UTC 
kdissert still needs python2 on Rawhide.
It looks like this was renamed to Semantik and is now  at: https://gitlab.com/ita1024/semantik
But the Fedora package for Semantik was retired in 2014...
Comment 6 Red Hat Bugzilla 2023-09-15 00:29:55 UTC 
The needinfo request[s] on this closed bug have been removed as they have been unresolved for 500 days
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