Bug 1808314

Summary: compat-libicu63 requires Python 2 to build
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Petr Viktorin (pviktori) <pviktori>
Component: compat-libicu63Assignee: Pete Walter <walter.pete>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 33CC: walter.pete
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Last Closed: 2020-09-14 07:46:20 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Petr Viktorin (pviktori) 2020-02-28 09:14:04 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 compat-libicu63, had a general exception to keep using it in Fedora 31. Now, the dependency should be removed.

Switching to Python 3 seemed easy to me (though I don't necessarily
know much about compat-libicu63). So I opened a pull request: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/compat-libicu63/pull-request/1

Could you merge it?
If not, if it's possible that the Python 2 build dependency won't get
removed in Fedora 33, please let us know; the package will need
a FESCo exception.

If you need anything from us, or something is unclear, please mention it here.
Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2020-08-11 13:11:35 UTC 
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 33 development cycle.
Changing version to 33.