Bug 1739543 - pygtk2 depends on Python 2
Summary: pygtk2 depends on Python 2
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Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: pygtk2
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Alternative GTK desktop environments
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 1737933 F31_PY2REMOVAL
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-08-09 13:45 UTC by Lumír Balhar
Modified: 2022-06-08 08:29 UTC (History)
14 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2022-06-08 06:22:33 UTC
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Description Lumír Balhar 2019-08-09 13:45:55 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 pygtk2'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 pygtk2.
If you need anything from us, or something is unclear, please mention it here.

Thank you.

Comment 1 Gwyn Ciesla 2019-08-09 13:53:30 UTC
Still in wide use.

Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 16:58:33 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 17:15:11 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 31 development cycle.
Changing version to 31.

Comment 4 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-19 11:20:41 UTC
You are right. We can retire pygtk2 when it becomes a leaf package.

Comment 5 Petr Viktorin (pviktori) 2019-08-19 12:45:35 UTC
This package might need to stay on Python 2, so Gimp can be kept in Fedora.

Are you OK maintaining pygtk2 in Fedora 32, and in future Fedoras until Gimp stops needing it?

The OLPC/Sugar environment might be in a similar situation.

Comment 6 Gwyn Ciesla 2019-08-19 13:23:56 UTC
Yes.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2019-11-27 19:09:29 UTC
FEDORA-2019-36233d9369 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-36233d9369

Comment 8 Kalev Lember 2019-11-27 19:11:35 UTC
Sorry for the noise, I accidentally added wrong bug number to the bodhi update above.

Comment 9 Ben Cotton 2020-11-03 15:32:02 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 31 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 31 on 2020-11-24.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a
Fedora 'version' of '31'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version.

Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we were not 
able to fix it before Fedora 31 is end of life. If you would still like 
to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version 
of Fedora, you are encouraged  change the 'version' to a later Fedora 
version prior this bug is closed as described in the policy above.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's 
lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a 
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes 
bugs or makes them obsolete.

Comment 10 Petr Viktorin (pviktori) 2020-11-05 17:27:08 UTC
Still valid in Rawhide; still needed for Gimp.

Comment 11 Ben Cotton 2021-02-09 15:12:16 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 34 development cycle.
Changing version to 34.

Comment 12 Ben Cotton 2022-05-12 16:51:21 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora Linux 34 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora Linux 34 on 2022-06-07.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a
'version' of '34'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora Linux version.

Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we were not 
able to fix it before Fedora Linux 34 is end of life. If you would still like 
to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version 
of Fedora Linux, you are encouraged to change the 'version' to a later version
prior to this bug being closed.

Comment 13 Ben Cotton 2022-06-08 06:22:33 UTC
Fedora Linux 34 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2022-06-07.

Fedora Linux 34 is no longer maintained, which means that it
will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we
are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. If you
are unable to reopen this bug, please file a new report against the
current release.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.


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