Bug 1738069

Summary:	nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins depends on Python 2
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Lumír Balhar <lbalhar>
Component:	nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins	Assignee:	Mattias Ellert <mattias.ellert>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	31	CC:	j.k.nilsen, mattias.ellert
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Description Lumír Balhar 2019-08-06 12:48:27 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 nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins'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 nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins.
If you need anything from us, or something is unclear, please mention it here.

Thank you.

Comment 1 Mattias Ellert 2019-08-09 12:40:49 UTC

Upstream ticket:
http://bugzilla.nordugrid.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3818

Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 17:09:48 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 17:19:08 UTC

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

Comment 4 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-19 11:24:15 UTC

It seems that the upstream has a plan. Hopefully, the transfer happens soon enough.

The current plan is to remove packages with dependency on Python 2 from Fedora 32 in the middle of November 2019. If you want to keep your package in Fedora after that date and you cannot port it to Python 3 yet, you need to request a FESCo exception for the package and all its Python 2 dependencies (even transitive) [1]. If you don't want to maintain it anymore, and nothing in Fedora uses it, you can retire it or just remove the Python 2 part from it (subpackage, module, bindings, etc.).

If you're considering filing the exception request, let us know. We can help (for example, we can help find all the dependencies).

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RetirePython2#FESCo_exceptions

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2019-10-03 11:31:38 UTC

FEDORA-2019-8cf8f94897 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-8cf8f94897

Comment 6 Lumír Balhar 2019-10-04 12:09:05 UTC

I can confirm that the latest build is installable, does not depend on Python 2 directly nor transitively. Thank you!

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2019-10-04 22:50:18 UTC

nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins-2.0.0~rc2-1.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 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-2019-8cf8f94897

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2019-10-26 17:21:53 UTC

nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins-2.0.0~rc2-1.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.