Bug 1738804

Summary:	vips depends on Python 2
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Lumír Balhar <lbalhar>
Component:	vips	Assignee:	Benjamin Gilbert <bgilbert>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	31	CC:	adam, bgilbert
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Description Lumír Balhar 2019-08-08 08:29:42 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 vips'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 vips.
If you need anything from us, or something is unclear, please mention it here.

Thank you.

Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 17:06:17 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 17:33:46 UTC

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

Comment 3 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-15 08:14:00 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 2019-08-22 06:51:52 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 5 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-29 05:18:18 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 6 Benjamin Gilbert 2019-08-31 17:27:24 UTC

The vips python2 subpackage was removed last October.  It appears that one command-line tool still runs in Python 2, but the latest vips release now has that ported to Python 3.  I'll see about getting the package updated.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2019-09-01 19:54:25 UTC

FEDORA-2019-b60416dee7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-b60416dee7

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2019-09-01 23:51:01 UTC

vips-8.8.2-2.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-b60416dee7

Comment 9 Lumír Balhar 2019-09-02 04:44:50 UTC

I can confirm that this package does not depend on Python 2 in rawhide nor the version for 31.

Thank you!

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2019-09-14 00:08:42 UTC

vips-8.8.2-2.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2019-09-14 16:32:30 UTC

vips-8.8.2-2.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.