Bug 1805232

Summary:	flatpak-rpm-macros requires Python 2 to build
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Petr Viktorin (@encukou) <pviktori>
Component:	flatpak-rpm-macros	Assignee:	Owen Taylor <otaylor>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	rawhide	CC:	amigadave, klember, otaylor, python-maint
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Description Petr Viktorin (@encukou) 2020-02-20 14:23:18 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 flatpak-rpm-macros, had a general exception to keep using it in Fedora 31. Now, the dependency should be removed.
Let us know if you need any help investigating or removing the dependency. (There are dozens of packages like this, so we didn't investigate this one thoroughly. We assume you know the package best.)

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 Kalev Lember 2020-03-18 12:57:43 UTC

Thanks! I went ahead and dropped the Python 2 support in flatpak-rpm-macros-32-2.fc32

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2020-03-18 13:15:09 UTC

FEDORA-2020-667a71aaa9 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 32. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-667a71aaa9

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2020-03-19 02:26:12 UTC

flatpak-rpm-macros-32-2.fc32 has been pushed to the Fedora 32 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-2020-667a71aaa9

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2020-03-27 08:00:03 UTC

FEDORA-2020-667a71aaa9 has been pushed to the Fedora 32 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.