Bug 1267508 - [RFE] Replace python-cheetah with python-jinja2 within ovirt-engine
Summary: [RFE] Replace python-cheetah with python-jinja2 within ovirt-engine
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: ovirt-engine
Classification: oVirt
Component: Services
Version: 4.0.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
Target Milestone: ovirt-4.0.0-alpha
: 4.0.0
Assignee: Rafael Martins
QA Contact: Jiri Belka
URL: http://jinja.pocoo.org/
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: RHEV_from_3_6_to_4_0_Migration_Tracker 1323580
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Reported: 2015-09-30 08:29 UTC by Sandro Bonazzola
Modified: 2016-07-08 01:53 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ovirt 4.0.0 alpha1
Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
With this update, python-cheetah was replaced with python-jinja2 as the template-engine for services configuration files. This update was required as python-cheetah stopped receiving updates in 2012 and is not available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2.
Clone Of:
: 1323580 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2016-07-05 07:42:57 UTC
oVirt Team: Integration
rule-engine: ovirt-4.0.0+
pnovotny: testing_plan_complete-
ylavi: planning_ack+
sbonazzo: devel_ack+
pnovotny: testing_ack+

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oVirt gerrit 52885 0 master MERGED packaging: services: ovirt-engine: replace cheetah with jinja2 2016-02-02 08:55:22 UTC

Description Sandro Bonazzola 2015-09-30 08:29:14 UTC 
ovirt-engine is using python-cheetah for handling the templates used within the project.

python-cheetah didn't receive updates since 2012 and is not available on RHEL 7.2.

Since we're dropping el6 support in 4.0 we should migrate to a template engine available in el7 like python-jinja2[1] which is
available in 7.2 and still actively developed (last commit is on August
6th).

[1] http://jinja.pocoo.org/
Comment 1 Sandro Bonazzola 2015-09-30 08:30:26 UTC 
Juan if we migrate to python-jinja2 will it require changes on Java side as well?
Comment 2 Juan Hernández 2015-09-30 08:33:38 UTC 
I believe it won't require changes in the Java side.
Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla Rules Engine 2015-10-19 11:00:17 UTC 
Target release should be placed once a package build is known to fix a issue. Since this bug is not modified, the target version has been reset. Please use target milestone to plan a fix for a oVirt release.
Comment 4 Jiri Belka 2016-07-01 09:29:23 UTC 
ok,

[root@jb-rhevm40 ~]# rpm -qR ovirt-engine-backend | grep python-
python-jinja2
[root@jb-rhevm40 ~]# rpm -qa \*cheetah\*
[root@jb-rhevm40 ~]# rpm -q ovirt-engine-backend
ovirt-engine-backend-4.0.0.6-0.1.el7ev.noarch
Comment 5 Sandro Bonazzola 2016-07-05 07:42:57 UTC 
oVirt 4.0.0 has been released, closing current release.
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