Bug 1566534

Summary: Please remove dependency on python2-cups
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal>
Component: xpraAssignee: Jonathan Underwood <jonathan.underwood>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: anto.trande, jonathan.underwood, sergio, tchollingsworth
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Description Zdenek Dohnal 2018-04-12 13:28:53 UTC
Python2 is going to be unsupported since 2020-01-01 and I as python-cups maintainer would like to remove python2 subpackage. Would you mind porting your package to python3-cups? If it is not possible, would you mind considering removing xpra from Fedora, if possible?

Comment 1 Jonathan Underwood 2018-04-16 10:10:19 UTC
Unfortunately, at the moment, xpra isn't fully ported over to python 3 upstream, so it's not ready to fully switch to python 3.

Xpra is a heavily used package in Fedora, so we definitely don't want to remove it.

Honestly, I can't see the urgency to drop the python2 sub-package while Python 2 still has a couple of years support left. Dropping it now seems premature, since it would also break user code depending on it.

Comment 2 Zdenek Dohnal 2018-04-16 10:40:14 UTC
Hi Jonathan,

thank you for the response. IMHO it is good to start sooner than later - one year and five months seems like enough time, but I think porting can arise some issues, which can delay the process.

And the fact python2 going to be unsupported (IMO) means that there won't be any python2 subpackages since 2020-01-01 in Fedora - which means no python2 subpackages in Rawhide and supported stable Fedora releases. And that means to remove python2 subpackages at that time even in stable releases (which I don't think it is good approach...) or port a project early and ship in rawhide, which will become stable release and users will have more to adapt or test ported project.

Is there a upstream issue for porting xpra to python? If so, would you mind attaching the link here, and if not, would you mind asking upstream for it?

Comment 3 Jonathan Underwood 2018-04-16 13:14:56 UTC
Hi Zdenek - yeah, I do understand the motivation, and can't argue with it. But, I don't want to remove functional and useful software. Upstream is working hard on the issue:

https://www.xpra.org/trac/ticket/1568

Progress is good, but not yet complete.

Comment 4 Zdenek Dohnal 2018-04-16 13:22:17 UTC
I understand - I mentioned the removal as the last resort, if porting isn't possible (e.g. dead upstream and too much work on porting...).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2018-05-12 18:55:51 UTC
xpra-2.3-1.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-501ff8a45f

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2018-05-12 18:56:05 UTC
xpra-2.3-1.fc28 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 28. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-efcd54f2b7

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2018-05-13 20:51:16 UTC
xpra-2.3-1.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 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-2018-501ff8a45f

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2018-05-13 22:22:13 UTC
xpra-2.3-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 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-2018-efcd54f2b7

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2018-05-22 15:06:31 UTC
xpra-2.3-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2018-05-22 16:35:27 UTC
xpra-2.3-1.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.