Bug 1738943 - nicotine+ depends on Python 2
Summary: nicotine+ depends on Python 2
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: nicotine+
Version: 31
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mohamed El Morabity
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: F31_PY2REMOVAL
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-08-08 12:01 UTC by Lumír Balhar
Modified: 2019-11-08 19:08 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-11-08 19:08:17 UTC
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Description Lumír Balhar 2019-08-08 12:01:57 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 nicotine '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 nicotine .
If you need anything from us, or something is unclear, please mention it here.

Thank you.

Comment 1 Mohamed El Morabity 2019-08-09 09:57:46 UTC
(In reply to Lumír Balhar from comment #0)
> - 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?) 
Software is written in Python 2.

> - What are the upstream/community plans/timelines regarding Python 3?
No known plan, although there is some concern about migrating to Python 3:
https://github.com/Nicotine-Plus/nicotine-plus/pull/93
 
> - 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?)
Nicotine+ depends on PyGTK2+Glade. Migrating to Python 3 may require a huge rework (GObject introspection with Py3 + GTK2 ?).

Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 16:55:01 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 31 development cycle.
Changing version to '31'.

Comment 3 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 17:19:24 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 31 development cycle.
Changing version to 31.

Comment 4 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-16 08:55:03 UTC
The current plan is to remove packages with dependency on Python 2 from Fedora 32 in the middle of November 2019. If you want to keep your package in Fedora after that date and you cannot port it to Python 3 yet, you need to request a FESCo exception for the package and all its Python 2 dependencies (even transitive) [1]. If you don't want to maintain it anymore, and nothing in Fedora uses it, you can retire it or just remove the Python 2 part from it (subpackage, module, bindings, etc.).

If you're considering filing the exception request, let us know. We can help (for example, we can help find all the dependencies).

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RetirePython2#FESCo_exceptions

Comment 5 Miro Hrončok 2019-11-08 19:08:17 UTC
The package was retired.


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