Bug 1738811 - abiword depends on Python 2
Summary: abiword depends on Python 2
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1734919
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: abiword
Version: 31
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: R P Herrold
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-08-08 08:35 UTC by Lumír Balhar
Modified: 2019-09-02 12:19 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-08-22 22:10:17 UTC
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Description Lumír Balhar 2019-08-08 08:35:34 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 abiword'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 abiword.
If you need anything from us, or something is unclear, please mention it here.

Thank you.

Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 16:48:28 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 31 development cycle.
Changing version to '31'.

Comment 2 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-15 08:14:52 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 3 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-22 07:13:36 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 R P Herrold 2019-08-22 22:08:27 UTC
The orphaning process has spit our four bugs on the same package ... this is yet another unnecessary pice of noise

I will tie this to the parent bug

Comment 5 R P Herrold 2019-08-22 22:10:17 UTC
already builds on Py 3

this bug is a duplicate and is closed in favor of:
   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1734919

which will track changes going forward

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1734919 ***

Comment 6 Miro Hrončok 2019-09-02 12:19:52 UTC
The specfile is:

	
BuildRequires: python2-gobject
BuildRequires: python2-devel
BuildRequires: python2-setuptools


How si this a duplicate of a FTBFS bug?


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