[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] python-six: put python2/3 variant together

[Khem Raj]

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 2:44 PM <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
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> On Tue, 2019-05-21 at 22:59 +0200, Andreas Müller wrote:
> > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 8:38 PM <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org>
> > wrote:
> > > > No sorry mozjs uses old crap in their configurations scripts
> > > > nobody
> > > > else does (python which) and ask for python2 explicitly.
> > >
> > > I've been giving this a bit more thought and its our intent to try
> > > and
> > > remove python2 from OE-Core entirely so adding py2 modules back
> > > seems
> > > like a backwards step.
> > >
> > > I think this will therefore need to go to one of the other layers,
> > > painful as that might be from an include perspective.
> > Yeah a new burden out of thin air is born. You know what I do: Create
> > my own layers and am happy as I am with my other layers.
> >
> > Bye
>
> Its not "out of thin air". It was discussed over two years ago when we
> started a plan of trying to remove python2 dependencies:
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> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=1fc2c9315faf65ea05fecf81450dd40b9a330435
>
> This was in line with what upstream python recommended. Upstream python
> has made a clear statement on this too:
>
> https://python3statement.org/
>
> For a release that will ship 3 months before that deadline, it seems
> unreasonable to add this back to oe-core, no?
>

the EOL is expected to be Jan 2020, lets see what happens but I think
it would be good for us
to first switch default python to be python3 and then remove python2
completely IMO, I do not
see any major distro planning to drop py2 at the stroke of it going
EOL as of now, situation might
change in coming months but many of them haven't even switched defaults.

Its good that project is taking lead here but we might leave many users behind.

> Cheers,
>
> Richard
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