Bug 1740987 - scapy depends on Python 2
Summary: scapy depends on Python 2
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1752156
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: scapy
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Devan Goodwin
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: F31_PY2REMOVAL
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Reported: 2019-08-14 04:54 UTC by Lumír Balhar
Modified: 2019-09-13 22:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-09-13 22:12:38 UTC
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Description Lumír Balhar 2019-08-14 04:54:04 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 scapy'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 scapy.
If you need anything from us, or something is unclear, please mention it here.

Thank you.

Comment 1 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-21 13:13:28 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 2 Lumír Balhar 2019-08-29 05:21:01 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 Miro Hrončok 2019-09-02 12:49:13 UTC
Note that python2-scapy is a leaf subpackage, but it was not yet scheduled for removal, because it has /usr/bin/scapy2, but I believe it shall be dropped in favor of /usr/bin/scapy from python3-scapy.

Comment 4 Lumír Balhar 2019-09-10 07:21:05 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 5 Miro Hrončok 2019-09-13 22:12:38 UTC
marked for removal, due to what was said in comment #3

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1752156 ***


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