Hi, please remove the `Recommends: python3` tag from `fwupd`. It's pulling in the user-facing python3 package into the default RHEL8 installation, which shouldn't be happening. `fwupd` is part of the default RHEL8 installation ("Server with GUI"), and when it is installed by anaconda, this Recommends tag is respected, and the `python3` package is installed as well. This is a problem, because it's been decided, that the user facing python3 package should not be installed by default. [0][1] System tools use a different package (platform-python), and thus we don't want to install the user-facing python3 unless the user explicitly asks for it. [0] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.0_release_notes/new-features#web-servers-databases-dynamic-languages [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1707527 Thank you!
Pull Request: https://src.osci.redhat.com/rpms/fwupd/pull-request/2
Fedora PR: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/fwupd/pull-request/1
Hi Richard, what do you think about this bug? From the user point of view, this is a big issue, so we'd love to get it fixed sooner rather than later. Thank you for your time!
Can't we just move the Recommends to the fwupd-tests subpackage? That seems to be what's requiring py3.
(In reply to Richard Hughes from comment #4) > Can't we just move the Recommends to the fwupd-tests subpackage? That seems > to be what's requiring py3. I believe that would solve the issue as well, yes.
Hi Richard, do you think this will get into RHEL 8.1/8.2?
> is this still planned for RHEL 8.2.0 Yes, I'm building packages now.
Thank you, Richard!
python3 was moved to the tests subpackage and the fwupd regression tests didn't show any issues, so I'm marking this VERIFIED.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:1901