Bug 1836330 - python-jsonpickle fails to build with Python 3.9: module 'base64' has no attribute 'decodestring'
Summary: python-jsonpickle fails to build with Python 3.9: module 'base64' has no attr...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: python-jsonpickle
Version: rawhide
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Assignee: Gwyn Ciesla
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Depends On: 1807186
Blocks: PYTHON39
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Reported: 2020-05-15 16:03 UTC by Miro Hrončok
Modified: 2020-05-15 17:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-05-15 17:10:29 UTC
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Description Miro Hrončok 2020-05-15 16:03:42 UTC
python-jsonpickle fails to build with Python 3.9.0a6.


    # base64 support for Atom feeds that contain embedded binary data
    try:
        import base64, binascii
    except ImportError:
        base64 = binascii = None
    else:
        # Python 3.1 deprecates decodestring in favor of decodebytes
>       _base64decode = getattr(base64, 'decodebytes', base64.decodestring)
E       AttributeError: module 'base64' has no attribute 'decodestring'
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/feedparser.py:93: AttributeError



See https://docs.python.org/3.9/whatsnew/3.9.html#removed

"base64.encodestring() and base64.decodestring(), aliases deprecated since Python 3.1, have been removed: use base64.encodebytes() and base64.decodebytes() instead."


I think the code is trying to do the right thing ("Python 3.1 deprecates decodestring in favor of decodebytes"), but does it the wrong way around.


For the build logs, see:
https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/@python/python3.9/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/01384546-python-jsonpickle/

For all our attempts to build python-jsonpickle with Python 3.9, see:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python3.9/package/python-jsonpickle/

Testing and mass rebuild of packages is happening in copr. You can follow these instructions to test locally in mock if your package builds with Python 3.9:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python3.9/

Let us know here if you have any questions.

Python 3.9 will be included in Fedora 33. To make that update smoother, we're building Fedora packages with early pre-releases of Python 3.9.
A build failure prevents us from testing all dependent packages (transitive [Build]Requires), so if this package is required a lot, it's important for us to get it fixed soon.
We'd appreciate help from the people who know this package best, but if you don't want to work on this now, let us know so we can try to work around it on our side.

Comment 1 Miro Hrončok 2020-05-15 17:10:29 UTC
Fixed via bz1807186.


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