Bug 1738067

Summary:	nototools depends on Python 2
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Lumír Balhar <lbalhar>
Component:	nototools	Assignee:	Peng Wu <pwu>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	31	CC:	mfabian, pwu
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Description Lumír Balhar 2019-08-06 12:48:14 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 nototools'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 nototools.
If you need anything from us, or something is unclear, please mention it here.

Thank you.

Comment 1 Peng Wu 2019-08-13 08:49:43 UTC

- What is the reason for the Python2 dependency?

The font code is written in Python.

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

They plan to port to Python 3.
Mike FABIAN wrote the patch to work with Python 3, in review now.
URL: https://github.com/googlefonts/nototools/pull/488

- What is the guidance for porting to Python 3?

Actually we include the above Python 3 patch in Fedora rawhide now.

Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 16:53:48 UTC

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 31 development cycle.
Changing version to '31'.

Comment 3 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 17:03:36 UTC

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 31 development cycle.
Changing version to 31.

Comment 4 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-14 05:59:36 UTC

It seems that there is no python2-nototools package available in rawhide. Thank you!